Is "jeje" the Spanish equivalent of "Ha Ha" in English?

Question

Is "jeje" the Spanish equivalent of "Ha Ha" in English? Or does is stand for something else (similar to LOL = "Laugh Out Loud" in English)?

• ok! podemos inventar un acrónimo para lol.. qué te parece mrmf(me río muy fuerte) - fjfuentesh Jun 24, 2011
• mmdr--Me muero de risa! - fjfuentesh Jun 24, 2011

Answer 1

In my opinion, jeje= hehe, jaja = haha. They don't stand for L O L

• I agree. - NikkiRivera Apr 13, 2010
• I thought about hehe first, but I was not sure. - danrivera Apr 13, 2010
• Fidalgo! LOL was being given as an example here I think. Anyway I always thought LOL stood for Lots of Love! - caza Apr 13, 2010
• L O L = Lots of Love! Great, Caza :) - Fidalguinho- Apr 13, 2010
• I have never heard the "Lots of Love" translation, but I guess it could be cute in a text message. - danrivera Apr 13, 2010
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Answer 2

usually jajajajaja I asked a former boyfriend, native Spanish speaker 'what is lol' in Spanish. That was his answer.

• "jaja" is not a translation of "Lol" but they have the same function to describe one's laugh - Fidalguinho- Apr 13, 2010
• I think lol is universal, at least in my limited experience. - chica_rica Apr 13, 2010
• No, your experience is unlimited. :) - Fidalguinho- Apr 13, 2010

Answer 3

Yes, Spanish J resembles the English H.

• It's useful to remember that "J" is pronounced "hota" and written "jota" the "j" havoing an "h" sound - LagartijaVer Apr 13, 2010

Answer 4

Of course, just like "ja, ja" is not "je,je", as pointed by Spudatodubs, neither is "ji,ji", nor "jo, jo" - the latter being mostly the domain of San Nicolás.

Answer 5

►I think this wikipedia page can help you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOL#Variations_on_the_theme

In the following section of the page

Commonly used equivalents in other languages

they write that

....

jajajá: in Spanish, the letter "j" is pronounced "h" .

jejeje: in the Philippines is used to represent "hehehe". As in Spanish, "j" is pronounced as "h". Its origins can be traced to SMS language. It is widely used in a Filipino youth subculture known as Jejemons

...

►On our dictionary, you can see the following definition of

[¡ja, ja, ja!][2] or [¡je, je, je!][3]

Exclamation, denoting laughter.

► Or another page on wikitionary jajajá

►We can conclude that "ja, ja, ja" can function like "L O L" or "ha ha" in English (however, it is not a literal translation of "L O L", but "haha")

[2]: http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/¡ja, ja, ja! [3]: http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/¡je, je, je!

• Thanks! - danrivera May 20, 2011

Answer 6

JA JA is not jeje

Answer 7

I believe so!

Answer 8

jeje would be pronounced hay hay... so for haha you would write jaja and for hehe you would write jiji

• I was thinking along these same lines, too. However, I have not seen "jiji" on here, but I have seen "jeje" and "jaja". - danrivera Apr 14, 2010

Answer 9

I wonder, does Spanish have a shorthard equivilent of "LOL" then, or would that be "jeje"? Are there other Spanish shorthand (texting-type) acronyms?