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How to conjugate Reírse in Spanish

reírse to laugh Irregular Verb

At a glance: Reírse (to laugh) is a widely used reflexive irregular verbs in Spanish. In the present tense: me río, te ríes, se ríe, nos reímos, os reís, se ríen. It is conjugated like reír. Yo changes e to í (río); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos are irregular (ríes, ríe, ríen); nosotros changes i to í (reímos); vosotros is regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (te reíste), subjunctive, gerund (riendo) and past participle (reído).

Past participle
reído laughed
Gerund
riendo laughing
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reír

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Indicative tenses of Reírse

Reírse in the Indicative Present

The Indicative Present of reírse 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, “me río”, meaning “I laugh”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present is known as "El Presente".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome ríoI laugh
Túte ríesyou laugh
Ella / Él / Ustedse ríes/he laughs
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos reímoswe laugh
Vosotras / Vosotrosos reísyou (plural) laugh
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse ríenthey laugh

How it’s built: Yo changes e to í (río); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos are irregular (ríes, ríe, ríen); nosotros changes i to í (reímos); vosotros is regular. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Indicative Preterite

The Indicative Preterite of reírse is used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time. For example, “me reí”, meaning “I laughed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Preterite is known as "El Pretérito Indefinido".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome reíI laughed
Túte reísteyou laughed
Ella / Él / Ustedse rios/he laughed
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos reímoswe laughed
Vosotras / Vosotrosos reísteisyou (plural) laughed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse rieronthey laughed

How it’s built: Tú, nosotros and vosotros change i to í (reíste, reímos, reísteis); ella/él is irregular (rio); ellas/ellos drops the e (rieron); yo is regular. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Indicative Imperfect

The Indicative Imperfect of reírse is used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do. For example, “me reía”, meaning “I used to laugh”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Imperfect is known as "El Pretérito Imperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome reíaI used to laugh
Túte reíasyou used to laugh
Ella / Él / Ustedse reías/he used to laugh
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos reíamoswe used to laugh
Vosotras / Vosotrosos reíaisyou (plural) used to laugh
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse reíanthey used to laugh

How it’s built: Regular: stem re- plus the -ir endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Indicative Present Continuous

The Indicative Present Continuous of reírse is used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now. For example, “me estoy riendo”, meaning “I am laughing”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Continuous is known as "El Presente Progresivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome estoy riendoI am laughing
Túte estás riendoyou are laughing
Ella / Él / Ustedse está riendos/he is laughing
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos estamos riendowe are laughing
Vosotras / Vosotrosos estáis riendoyou (plural) are laughing
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse están riendothey are laughing

How it’s built: Estar in the present (estoy, estás, está, estamos, estáis, están) plus the irregular gerund riendo. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Indicative Informal Future

The Indicative Informal Future of reírse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future. For example, “me voy a reír”, meaning “I am going to laugh”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Informal Future is known as "El Futuro Próximo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome voy a reírI am going to laugh
Túte vas a reíryou are going to laugh
Ella / Él / Ustedse va a reírs/he is going to laugh
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos vamos a reírwe are going to laugh
Vosotras / Vosotrosos vais a reíryou (plural) are going to laugh
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse van a reírthey are going to laugh

How it’s built: Ir in the present (voy, vas, va, vamos, vais, van), then a, then the infinitive reír. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Indicative Future

The Indicative Future of reírse is used to talk about something that will happen in the future. For example, “me reiré”, meaning “I will laugh”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future is known as "El Futuro Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome reiréI will laugh
Túte reirásyou will laugh
Ella / Él / Ustedse reirás/he will laugh
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos reiremoswe will laugh
Vosotras / Vosotrosos reiréisyou (plural) will laugh
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse reiránthey will laugh

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive reír plus the future endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Indicative Conditional

The Indicative Conditional of reírse is used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities. For example, “me reiría”, meaning “I would laugh”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional is known as "El Condicional Simple".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome reiríaI would laugh
Túte reiríasyou would laugh
Ella / Él / Ustedse reirías/he would laugh
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos reiríamoswe would laugh
Vosotras / Vosotrosos reiríaisyou (plural) would laugh
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse reiríanthey would laugh

How it’s built: Regular: the infinitive reír plus the conditional endings. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Indicative Present Perfect

The Indicative Present Perfect of reírse 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, “me he reído”, meaning “I have laughed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome he reídoI have laughed
Túte has reídoyou have laughed
Ella / Él / Ustedse ha reídos/he has laughed
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hemos reídowe have laughed
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habéis reídoyou (plural) have laughed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse han reídothey have laughed

How it’s built: Haber in the present (he, has, ha, hemos, habéis, han) plus the irregular past participle reído. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Indicative Past Perfect

The Indicative Past Perfect of reírse is used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past. For example, “me había reído”, meaning “I had laughed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome había reídoI had laughed
Túte habías reídoyou had laughed
Ella / Él / Ustedse había reídos/he had laughed
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habíamos reídowe had laughed
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habíais reídoyou (plural) had laughed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habían reídothey had laughed

How it’s built: Haber in the imperfect (había, habías, había, habíamos, habíais, habían) plus the irregular past participle reído. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Indicative Future Perfect

The Indicative Future Perfect of reírse is used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else has already happened. For example, “me habré reído”, meaning “I will have laughed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome habré reídoI will have laughed
Túte habrás reídoyou will have laughed
Ella / Él / Ustedse habrá reídos/he will have laughed
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habremos reídowe will have laughed
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habréis reídoyou (plural) will have laughed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habrán reídothey will have laughed

How it’s built: Haber in the future (habré, habrás, habrá, habremos, habréis, habrán) plus the irregular past participle reído. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Indicative Conditional Perfect

The Indicative Conditional Perfect of reírse is used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn’t due to another action. For example, “me habría reído”, meaning “I would have laughed”.

In Spanish, the Indicative Conditional Perfect is known as "El Condicional Perfecto".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome habría reídoI would have laughed
Túte habrías reídoyou would have laughed
Ella / Él / Ustedse habría reídos/he would have laughed
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos habríamos reídowe would have laughed
Vosotras / Vosotrosos habríais reídoyou (plural) would have laughed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse habrían reídothey would have laughed

How it’s built: Haber in the conditional (habría, habrías, habría, habríamos, habríais, habrían) plus the irregular past participle reído. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Subjunctive tenses of Reírse

Reírse in the Subjunctive Present

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, “me ría”, meaning “I laugh”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present is known as "El Presente de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome ríaI laugh
Túte ríasyou laugh
Ella / Él / Ustedse rías/he laughs
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos riamoswe laugh
Vosotras / Vosotrosos riaisyou (plural) laugh
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse ríanthey laugh

How it’s built: Yo, tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos follow the yo present, río (ría, rías, ría, rían); nosotros changes e to i (riamos); vosotros is irregular (riais). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Subjunctive Imperfect

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, “me riera”, meaning “I laughed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Imperfect is known as "El Imperfecto Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome rieraI laughed
Túte rierasyou laughed
Ella / Él / Ustedse rieras/he laughed
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos riéramoswe laughed
Vosotras / Vosotrosos rieraisyou (plural) laughed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse rieranthey laughed

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, rieron: drop -ron and add the -ra endings; nosotros adds an accent (riéramos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Subjunctive Future

The Subjunctive Future is used to speak about hypothetical situations, and actions/events that may happen in the future. For example, “me riere”, meaning “I will laugh”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future is known as "El Futuro de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome riereI will laugh
Túte rieresyou will laugh
Ella / Él / Ustedse rieres/he will laugh
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos riéremoswe will laugh
Vosotras / Vosotrosos riereisyou (plural) will laugh
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse rierenthey will laugh

How it’s built: Built on the irregular ellas/ellos preterite, rieron: drop -ron and add the -re endings; nosotros adds an accent (riéremos). The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Subjunctive Present Perfect

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, “me haya reído”, meaning “I have laughed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Present Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome haya reídoI have laughed
Túte hayas reídoyou have laughed
Ella / Él / Ustedse haya reídos/he has laughed
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hayamos reídowe have laughed
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hayáis reídoyou (plural) have laughed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hayan reídothey have laughed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive present (haya, hayas, haya, hayamos, hayáis, hayan) plus the irregular past participle reído. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Subjunctive Past Perfect

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, “me hubiera reído”, meaning “I had laughed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Past Perfect is known as "El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome hubiera reídoI had laughed
Túte hubieras reídoyou had laughed
Ella / Él / Ustedse hubiera reídos/he had laughed
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hubiéramos reídowe had laughed
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hubierais reídoyou (plural) had laughed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hubieran reídothey had laughed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive imperfect (hubiera, hubieras, hubiera, hubiéramos, hubierais, hubieran) plus the irregular past participle reído. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Reírse in the Subjunctive Future Perfect

The Subjunctive Future Perfect is used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situations occurs in the future. For example, “me hubiere reído”, meaning “I will have laughed”.

In Spanish, the Subjunctive Future Perfect is known as "El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yome hubiere reídoI will have laughed
Túte hubieres reídoyou will have laughed
Ella / Él / Ustedse hubiere reídos/he will have laughed
Nosotras / Nosotrosnos hubiéremos reídowe will have laughed
Vosotras / Vosotrosos hubiereis reídoyou (plural) will have laughed
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesse hubieren reídothey will have laughed

How it’s built: Haber in the subjunctive future (hubiere, hubieres, hubiere, hubiéremos, hubiereis, hubieren) plus the irregular past participle reído. The reflexive pronoun (me, te, se, nos, os, se) goes in front.

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Imperative tenses of Reírse

Reírse in the Imperative Affirmative

The Imperative Affirmative is used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something. For example, “ríase”, meaning “(to you formal) laugh!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Affirmative is known as "El Imperativo Afirmativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túríete(to you) laugh!
Ella / Él / Ustedríase(to you formal) laugh!
Nosotras / Nosotrosriámonoslet's laugh!
Vosotras / Vosotrosreídos(to you plural) laugh!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesríanse(to you plural formal) laugh!

How it’s built: Tú takes the ella/él present and attaches te (ríete); usted and ustedes take the subjunctive present and attach se (ríase, ríanse); nosotros takes the subjunctive present, drops the s and attaches nos (riámonos); vosotros is irregular (reídos).

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Reírse in the Imperative Negative

The Imperative Negative is used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something. For example, “no se ría”, meaning “(to you formal) don't laugh!”.

In Spanish, the Imperative Negative is known as "El Imperativo Negativo".

PronounSpanishEnglish
Yo--
Túno te rías(to you) don't laugh!
Ella / Él / Ustedno se ría(to you formal) don't laugh!
Nosotras / Nosotrosno nos riamoslet's not laugh!
Vosotras / Vosotrosno os riais(to you plural) don't laugh!
Ellas / Ellos / Ustedesno se rían(to you plural formal) don't laugh!

How it’s built: No plus the subjunctive present: no te rías, no se ría, no nos riamos, no os riais, no se rían.

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Frequently asked questions about Reírse

Is reírse a regular or irregular verb?

Reírse is an irregular Spanish verb. It is conjugated like reír. In the present tense: yo changes e to í (río); tú, ella/él and ellas/ellos are irregular (ríes, ríe, ríen); nosotros changes i to í (reímos); vosotros is regular. It is also irregular in the preterite (te reíste), subjunctive, gerund (riendo) and past participle (reído).

How do you conjugate reírse in the present tense (presente)?

In the present tense (presente), reírse is conjugated as: yo me río, tú te ríes, él/ella/usted se ríe, nosotros nos reímos, vosotros os reís, ellos/ellas/ustedes se ríen. The present tense 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.

How do you conjugate reírse in the preterite (pretérito indefinido)?

In the preterite (pretérito indefinido), reírse is conjugated as: yo me reí, tú te reíste, él/ella/usted se rio, nosotros nos reímos, vosotros os reísteis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se rieron. The preterite is used To talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time.

How do you conjugate reírse in the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto)?

In the imperfect (pretérito imperfecto), reírse is conjugated as: yo me reía, tú te reías, él/ella/usted se reía, nosotros nos reíamos, vosotros os reíais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se reían. The imperfect is used To describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past and descriptions of things you used to do.

How do you conjugate reírse in the future tense (futuro simple)?

In the future tense (futuro simple), reírse is conjugated as: yo me reiré, tú te reirás, él/ella/usted se reirá, nosotros nos reiremos, vosotros os reiréis, ellos/ellas/ustedes se reirán. The future tense is used To talk about something that will happen in the future.

How do you conjugate reírse in the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente)?

In the present subjunctive (subjuntivo presente), reírse is conjugated as: yo me ría, tú te rías, él/ella/usted se ría, nosotros nos riamos, vosotros os riais, ellos/ellas/ustedes se rían. The present subjunctive 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.

What’s the difference between reír and reírse?

Reír and reírse both mean ‘to laugh’. Reírse is the reflexive form of reír, so it always takes a reflexive pronoun – me, te, se, nos, os or se – that matches the subject. The verb itself is conjugated the same way: in the present tense, yo río becomes me río. In the affirmative tú imperative the pronoun attaches to the end of the verb, so ríe becomes ríete.


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