Does "jajaja" mean lol or hahaha?

Question

Does "jajaja" mean lol or hahaha?

Welcome to the forum!!! - Nicole-B, Nov 13, 2010

Thanks :-) - angelanimal, Nov 13, 2010

Answer 1

Lol is an acronym for laughing out loud.

Jajaja, like hahaha in English, is a representation of the sound you hear when someone laughs. Just read it aloud.

Answer 2

Yes I think it does. When I first came to Spanishdict, I was slightly confused, because I'm not a spanish native....why, in most of the posts, did some of the users put 'jajajajaja' after funny statements. Then, realisation kicked in- they were laughing!!!!!

Did you never try to read it aloud? - lazarus1907, Nov 13, 2010

No....I simply thought that you laughed whilst pronouncing the 'j', so I honestly thought that Spaniards were slightly weird. But that was when, I wasn't really familiar with the Spanish language and the people. - Seb79, Nov 13, 2010

Answer 3

In Spanish, the letter "j" is pronounced the same way that English speakers pronounce the letter "h".

English: Hahahahaha/hehehehe!

Spanish: ¡Jajajajajaja/jejejeje!

Answer 4

Thanks everyone. A spanish friend translated jajaja as lol and it just didn't make sense to me so I had to ask and make sure I was corect that it is hahaha. Again thanks.