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No. 13,681 in Spanish

reír

"Reír" means "to laugh."

In a sentence

  • Ellos no pueden dejar de reír con esa película tan divertida.

    They cannot stop laughing at that very funny movie.

    The word 'reír' is used here in its infinitive form to describe the act of laughing as an action.

  • Ayer me reí mucho durante la fiesta con los juegos.

    Yesterday, I laughed a lot during the party with the games.

    The word 'reí' is used in the first person singular preterite tense to refer to a completed past action where the speaker laughed.

  • La comedia hace reír incluso a las personas más serias.

    The comedy makes even the most serious people laugh.

    The word 'reír' is used here as an infinitive following 'hacer' to express causing others to perform the action of laughing.

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