Conjugations
Present Presente
Habits, current states, and general facts.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | río | |
| tú | ríes | |
| él / ella / usted | ríe | |
| nosotros / nosotras | reímos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | reís | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | ríen |
Preterite Pretérito perfecto simple
Actions viewed as completed events in the past.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | reí | |
| tú | reíste | |
| él / ella / usted | rio | |
| nosotros / nosotras | reímos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | reísteis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | rieron |
Imperfect Pretérito imperfecto
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | reía | |
| tú | reías | |
| él / ella / usted | reía | |
| nosotros / nosotras | reíamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | reíais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | reían |
Future Futuro simple
Future events; also used to express a guess about the present.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | reiré | |
| tú | reirás | |
| él / ella / usted | reirá | |
| nosotros / nosotras | reiremos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | reiréis | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | reirán |
Conditional Condicional simple
Hypothetical events and some polite requests.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | reiría | |
| tú | reirías | |
| él / ella / usted | reiría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | reiríamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | reiríais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | reirían |
Present subjunctive Presente de subjuntivo
Used in certain clauses expressing wishes, doubt, feelings, and other non-asserted situations.
| Subject | Verb form | Listen |
|---|---|---|
| yo | ría | |
| tú | rías | |
| él / ella / usted | ría | |
| nosotros / nosotras | riamos | |
| vosotros / vosotras | riais | |
| ellos / ellas / ustedes | rían |
Use ustedes for plural “you” in Latin America. Its verb form matches ellos / ellas. Vos forms are not included. Google voice when available; device voice as a fallback.
Meaning & usage
- (reflexive) to laugh
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Meanings and conjugation data adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations