What does ridere in Italian mean?

What is the meaning of the word ridere in Italian? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use ridere in Italian.

The word ridere in Italian means laugh, laugh, sparkle, shine, take it lightly, laugh it off, there's little to laugh about, What a laugh!, split one's sides laughing, bend over with laughter, die laughing, split your sides laughing, die laughing, amuse, be a laughing stock, burst out laughing hysterically, laugh like crazy, don't make me laugh!, start laughing, burst into laughter, die from laughing, for laugh, make light of, laugh halfheartedly, half laugh, laugh behind sbd's back, laugh with joy, make fun of sbd, laugh in sbd's face, snicker, sneer, snicker, sneer, crack up lauging, burst out laughing, burst into laughter, roll with laughter, split your sides. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word ridere

laugh

verbo intransitivo (manifestare allegria)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Dopo la barzelletta, iniziarono tutti a ridere.
After he told his joke, everyone began to laugh.

laugh

sostantivo maschile (l'atto di ridere)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Tutto quel ridere lo stava innervosendo.
All that laughter was making him nervous.

sparkle, shine

verbo intransitivo (figurato (luccicare, risplendere)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Il sole rideva in quel caldo giorno d'estate.
The sun was shining on that hot summer day.

take it lightly, laugh it off

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

there's little to laugh about

What a laugh!

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Che ridere! Tra un po' mi farà male la pancia.

split one's sides laughing, bend over with laughter

verbo intransitivo (ridere molto) (idiom)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")
Ridemmo a crepapelle per tutta la sera.

die laughing, split your sides laughing

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

die laughing

amuse

Mi fa ridere pensare di aver perso l'aereo per trenta secondi.
It amuses me to think I missed the flight for thirty seconds.

be a laughing stock

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

burst out laughing hysterically, laugh like crazy

don't make me laugh!

start laughing, burst into laughter

verbo riflessivo o intransitivo pronominale (scoppiare a ridere)

Paola si è messa a ridere quando le ho detto che mi è caduta una cacca di piccione in testa.
Laura burst into laughter when I told her that I'd been hit on the head by pigeon droppings..

die from laughing

(figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

for laugh

make light of

laugh halfheartedly

half laugh

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

laugh behind sbd's back

laugh with joy

make fun of sbd

laugh in sbd's face

snicker, sneer

snicker, sneer

crack up lauging

burst out laughing

burst into laughter

roll with laughter, split your sides

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