risa

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laughter

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risa
feminine noun
1laugh
  • tiene una risa muy contagiosa -> she has a very infectious laugh
  • se me escapó la risa -> I burst out laughing
  • se oían risas -> laughter could be heard
  • provocó las risas del público -> it made the audience laugh
  • me da risa -> I find it funny
  • ¡qué risa! -> how funny!
  • morirse o partirse de risa (informal figurative) -> to die laughing, to split one's sides (laughing)
  • fue una risa verle imitar a los profesores -> it was hilarious o a scream watching him take off the teachers
  • no es cosa de risa -> it's no laughing matter
  • tomar algo a risa -> to take something as a joke

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risa [ree’-sah]
noun
1Laugh, laughter. (f)
2Cause or object of laughter; pleasing emotion. (f)
3Derisory smile or laugh. (f)
  • Caerse de risa -> to shake with laughter: Comerse de risa, to suppress a desire to laugh (through respect)
  • Destornillarse de risa -> to laugh excessively
  • Tentado a -> or de, la risa, (1) prone to laugh immoderately
  • Tomar algo a risa -> to take something as a joke
  • Ser la risa (el hazmerreír) de todos -> to be the laughing stock of everyone
  • Llorar de risa -> to cry laughing
  • Tener un ataque de risa -> to have a fit of laughter
(2) Amorous, lascivious.

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risa
sustantivo:femenino
laugh
el libro es una verdadera risa the book is a real laugh; hubo risas there was laughter
causar risa a algncausar (formal) to make sb laugh
dar risadar
daba risa la manera en que lo explicaba it was so funny the way he told it; me dio la risa I got (a fit of) the giggles
de risade
no es cosa de risa it's no laughing matter; le pagan un sueldo de risa they pay him a pittance; what they pay him is a joke
entrarle a algn la risaentrarle
me entró la risa I got (a fit of) the giggles
mover provocar a algn a risamoveroprovocar (formal) to make sb laugh
¡qué risa!¡qué
¡qué risa! ¿cómo se llama este humorista? he's hilarious so funny! what's that comedian's name again?;o ¡qué risa, casi se cae de culo! what a laugh it was so funny it was such a laugh, she nearly fell on her backside!;oo
soltar la risasoltar to burst out laughing
tomarse algo a risatomarse to treat sth as a joke
no te tomes a risa todo lo que te digo don't treat everything I tell you as a joke
ahogarse de risa to fall about laughing
caerse de risa to fall about laughing
descoserse desternillarse de (la) risao to split one's sides laughing; laugh one's head off
estallar en risas
morirse de risa to die laughing; kill o.s. laughing
mondarse de risa to split one's sides laughing; laugh one's head off
muerto de risa
estaba muerto de risa con la película he was killing himself laughing at the film
la bicicleta está muerta de risa en el garaje the bike is gathering dust in the garage
partirse troncharse de risao to split one's sides laughing; laugh one's head off
la risa va por barrios every dog has his day
risa contagiosa infectious laugh
risa de conejo false laugh; affected laugh
risa floja risa tonta
me dio entró la risa floja tontaoo I got (a fit of) the giggles
risas enlatadas canned laughter; (s)

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