reír
Spanish, verb/reˈiɾ/
reír is a Spanish verb meaning “to laugh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reírse (emitir sonidos de alegría con la boca)”.
What does reír mean in English?
verb
- 1
to laugh
¿De qué te ríes?
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reírse (emitir sonidos de alegría con la boca). 2. Mostrar un aspecto alegre.
verb: 1. Celebrar, festejar algo con una risa.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of reír
- río first-person present singular
- reí first-person preterite singular
- reído participle past
- e-í alternation
- riendo gerund
- reída feminine participle past
- reídos masculine participle past
- reídas feminine participle past
- ríes indicative informal present
- reís indicative informal present
- ríe indicative present singular
- reímos first-person indicative plural
- ríen indicative plural present
- reía first-person imperfect indicative
- reías imperfect indicative second-person
- reíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- reíais imperfect indicative plural
- reían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reír?
- /reˈiɾ/
- [reˈiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reír
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reír in Spanish?
reír appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).