laugh

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
2. Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
3. (British, New-Zealand) A fun person.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter.
2. (figuratively, intransitive, obsolete) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport.
3. (intransitive) To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock.
4. (transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
5. (transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.

Conceptos

reír

😆

risa

😆

reirse

reírse

chiste

🤣

reir

broma

🤣

ridiculizar

sonreír

😄

carcajada

burlarse

por despecho

risas

por deporte

por joder

de pura piedra

diversión

divertimento

gracia

carcajear

jocosidad

ocurrencia

risotada

sonreírse

ah ah - reír

reír sin control

Sinónimos

smile

😄

laughter

joke

🤣

giggle

ridicule

chuckle

titter

chortle

laughing

😆

cackle

laugh at

snigger

snicker

guffaw

fun

mock

grin

😁

roar

jest

scorn

gag

express joy

deride

frolic

ha-ha

jape

joy

😂

express mirth

ha ha

be in stitches

the sound of laughter

flout

flirt with

yuks

have a good time

high jinks

hoax

hoot

in

hoot

jeer

entertainment

jocularity

detest

jovial

gigle

just for fun

defiance

laugh away

cry

😢

Traducciones

rire

😆

lachen

😆

lachen

😆

ridere

😆

rir

😆

gülmek

😆

riure

😆

Lachen

risata

γελάω

riso

يهز

ضحك

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/laːf/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: laughen

Heredado de inglés antiguo: hlæhhan

Cognado con escocés: lauch

Cognado con islandés: hlæja

Cognado con noruego: -

Cognado con sueco: -

Cognado con danés: le

Cognado con neerlandés: lachen

Cognado con alemán: lachen

Cognado con griego antiguo: κλώζω

Cognado con galés: cloch

Cognado con latín: glōcīre

In summary

From Middle English laughen, laghen, from (Anglian) Old English hlæhhan, hlehhan, (West Saxon) hliehhan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlahhjan, from Proto-Germanic *hlahjaną.
Cognates
Germanic: (with j-present) Scots lauch, Icelandic hlæja, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish le; (without) Low German lachen, Dutch lachen, German lachen.
Indo-European: Russian клекота́ть (klekotátʹ), клокота́ть (klokotátʹ), клохта́ть (kloxtátʹ) ‘to cluck, cackle’, Ancient Greek κλώζω (klṓzō), κλώσσω (klṓssō) ‘to cackle, clack’, Welsh cloch ‘bell’, possibly Latin glōcīre ‘to cluck’.

Oraciones

She did laugh as she saw Heathcliff pass the window .