To laugh Irregular Verb
Reír is the Spanish verb for "to laugh". It is an irregular verb. Read on below to see how it is conjugated in the 18 major Spanish tenses!
Similar verbs to reír include: reírse.
Item | Spanish | English |
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Infinitive | reír | to laugh |
Past participle | reído | laughed |
Gerund | riendo | laughing |
The Indicative Present of reír is used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future. It is also used to talk about facts and truths. For example, "río", meaning "I laugh".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | río | I laugh |
Tú | ríes | you laugh |
Ella / Él / Usted | ríe | s/he laughes, you (formal) laugh |
Nosotras / Nosotros | reímos | we laugh |
Vosotras / Vosotros | reís | you (plural) laugh |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | ríen | they laugh, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Preterite of reír is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, "reí", meaning "I laughed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | reí | I laughed |
Tú | reíste | you laughed |
Ella / Él / Usted | rio | s/he laughed, you (formal) laughed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | reímos | we laughed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | reísteis | you (plural) laughed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | rieron | they laughed, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Imperfect of reír is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, "reía", meaning "I used to laugh".
In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | reía | I used to laugh |
Tú | reías | you used to laugh |
Ella / Él / Usted | reía | s/he used to laugh, you (formal) used to laugh |
Nosotras / Nosotros | reíamos | we used to laugh |
Vosotras / Vosotros | reíais | you (plural) used to laugh |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reían | they used to laugh, |
The Indicative Present Continuous of reír is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, "estoy riendo", meaning "I am laughing".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | estoy riendo | I am laughing |
Tú | estás riendo | you are laughing |
Ella / Él / Usted | está riendo | s/he is laughing, you (formal) are laughing |
Nosotras / Nosotros | estamos riendo | we are laughing |
Vosotras / Vosotros | estáis riendo | you (plural) are laughing |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | están riendo | they are laughing, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Informal Future of reír is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, "voy a reír", meaning "I am going to laugh".
In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | voy a reír | I am going to laugh |
Tú | vas a reír | you are going to laugh |
Ella / Él / Usted | va a reír | s/he is going to laugh, you (formal) are going to laugh |
Nosotras / Nosotros | vamos a reír | we are going to laugh |
Vosotras / Vosotros | vais a reír | you (plural) are going to laugh |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | van a reír | they are going to laugh, |
The Indicative Future of reír is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, "reiré", meaning "I will laugh".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | reiré | I will laugh |
Tú | reirás | you will laugh |
Ella / Él / Usted | reirá | s/he will laugh, you (formal) will laugh |
Nosotras / Nosotros | reiremos | we will laugh |
Vosotras / Vosotros | reiréis | you (plural) will laugh |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reirán | they will laugh, |
The Indicative Conditional of reír is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, "reiría", meaning "I would laugh".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | reiría | I would laugh |
Tú | reirías | you would laugh |
Ella / Él / Usted | reiría | s/he would laugh, you (formal) would laugh |
Nosotras / Nosotros | reiríamos | we would laugh |
Vosotras / Vosotros | reiríais | you (plural) would laugh |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | reirían | they would laugh, |
The Indicative Present Perfect of reír is used to describe actions that started recently (in the past) and are still happening now or things that have been done recently. For example, "he reído", meaning "I have laughed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | he reído | I have laughed |
Tú | has reído | you have laughed |
Ella / Él / Usted | ha reído | s/he has laughed, you (formal) have laughed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hemos reído | we have laughed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habéis reído | you (plural) have laughed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | han reído | they have laughed, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Past Perfect of reír is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, "había reído", meaning "I had laughed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | había reído | I had laughed |
Tú | habías reído | you had laughed |
Ella / Él / Usted | había reído | s/he had laughed, you (formal) had laughed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habíamos reído | we had laughed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habíais reído | you (plural) had laughed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habían reído | they had laughed, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Future Perfect of reír is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, "habré reído", meaning "I will have laughed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | habré reído | I will have laughed |
Tú | habrás reído | you will have laughed |
Ella / Él / Usted | habrá reído | s/he will have laughed, you (formal) will have laughed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habremos reído | we will have laughed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habréis reído | you (plural) will have laughed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrán reído | they will have laughed, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Indicative Conditional Perfect of reír is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, "habría reído", meaning "I would have laughed".
In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | habría reído | I would have laughed |
Tú | habrías reído | you would have laughed |
Ella / Él / Usted | habría reído | s/he would have laughed, you (formal) would have laughed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | habríamos reído | we would have laughed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | habríais reído | you (plural) would have laughed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | habrían reído | they would have laughed, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Present is used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes. It differs from the indicative mood due to the uncertainty of the events which are being spoken about. For example, "ría", meaning "I laugh".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | ría | I laugh |
Tú | rías | you laugh |
Ella / Él / Usted | ría | s/he laughes, you (formal) laugh |
Nosotras / Nosotros | riamos | we laugh |
Vosotras / Vosotros | riais | you (plural) laugh |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | rían | they laugh, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Imperfect is used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past or to cast an opinion (emotional) about something that happened in the past. For example, "riera", meaning "I laughed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | riera | I laughed |
Tú | rieras | you laughed |
Ella / Él / Usted | riera | s/he laughed, you (formal) laughed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | riéramos | we laughed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | rierais | you (plural) laughed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | rieran | they laughed, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, "riere", meaning "I will laugh".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | riere | I will laugh |
Tú | rieres | you will laugh |
Ella / Él / Usted | riere | s/he will laugh, you (formal) will laugh |
Nosotras / Nosotros | riéremos | we will laugh |
Vosotras / Vosotros | riereis | you (plural) will laugh |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | rieren | they will laugh, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Present Perfect is used to describe past actions or events that are still connected to the present day and to speak about an action that will have happened by a certain time in the future. For example, "haya reído", meaning "I have laughed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | haya reído | I have laughed |
Tú | hayas reído | you have laughed |
Ella / Él / Usted | haya reído | s/he has laughed, you (formal) have laughed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hayamos reído | we have laughed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hayáis reído | you (plural) have laughed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hayan reído | they have laughed, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Past Perfect is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that occurred before other actions/events in the past. For example, "hubiera reído", meaning "I had laughed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | hubiera reído | I had laughed |
Tú | hubieras reído | you had laughed |
Ella / Él / Usted | hubiera reído | s/he had laughed, you (formal) had laughed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéramos reído | we had laughed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hubierais reído | you (plural) had laughed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieran reído | they had laughed, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, "hubiere reído", meaning "I will have laughed".
In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | hubiere reído | I will have laughed |
Tú | hubieres reído | you will have laughed |
Ella / Él / Usted | hubiere reído | s/he will have laughed, you (formal) will have laughed |
Nosotras / Nosotros | hubiéremos reído | we will have laughed |
Vosotras / Vosotros | hubiereis reído | you (plural) will have laughed |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | hubieren reído | they will have laughed, |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, "ría", meaning "(to you formal) laugh!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | - | - |
Tú | ríe | (to you) laugh! |
Ella / Él / Usted | ría | (to you formal) laugh! |
Nosotras / Nosotros | riamos | let's laugh! |
Vosotras / Vosotros | reíd | (to you plural) laugh! |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | rían | (to you plural formal) laugh! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, "no ría", meaning "(to you formal) don't laugh!".
In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".
Pronoun | Spanish | English |
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Yo | - | - |
Tú | no rías | (to you) don't laugh! |
Ella / Él / Usted | no ría | (to you formal) don't laugh! |
Nosotras / Nosotros | no riamos | let's not laugh! |
Vosotras / Vosotros | no riais | (to you plural) don't laugh! |
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedes | no rían | (to you plural formal) don't laugh! |
The red dot () above denotes an irregular conjugation.
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