chuckle(
chuh
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kuhl
)An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g., The man sneezed.).
a. reírse entre dientes
Colin chuckled. "I bet you didn't expect that, did you?" he said.Colin se rió entre dientes. "Me imagino que no esperabas eso, ¿verdad?" dijo.
b. soltar una risita
"I'm starving!" moaned Sammy. His mother chuckled. "Well, we'd better get you something to eat!""¡Me muero de hambre!" gimió Sammy. Su madre soltó una risita. "Bueno, ¡mejor te buscamos algo de comer!"
c. reírse por lo bajo
I chuckled at the thought of Jane finding and reading that letter.Me reí por lo bajo ante la idea de que Jane encontrara y leyera esa carta.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
a. la risita (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
His act elicited the odd chuckle from the audience, but no one found it particularly funny.Su número provocó alguna que otra risita entre el público, pero a nadie le pareció muy gracioso.
b. la risa sofocada (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
"Look at those two boys playing with the dog," said Jack with a chuckle."Mira a esos dos chicos jugando con el perro", dijo Jack con una risa sofocada.
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