🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Risa de barriga

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Risa de barriga

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Belly-Laugh/ˈbɛli læf/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Su chiste provocó una risa de barriga en toda la sala."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A deep, hearty laugh that is often loud and uncontrollable.

    "The comedian's jokes had the audience in stitches, prompting a belly-laugh from everyone present."
  2. 2

    A laugh that is so intense it causes physical reactions, such as tears or difficulty breathing.

    "Her story was so funny that it led to a belly-laugh that echoed through the room."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'belly-laugh' combines 'belly', derived from Old English 'bælg', meaning the abdomen, and 'laugh', from Old English 'hlaeccan', meaning to express joy or amusement. The phrase emerged in the early 20th century to describe a deep, hearty laugh that originates from the belly, emphasizing the physicality of the laughter.

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