English-Italian translations for laugh

riderePuò ridere, può sorridere; non funzionerà, non può funzionare. You can laugh, you can smile. It will not work. Se la questione non fosse così seria, mi verrebbe da ridere. It would be a laughing matter if it were not so serious. Se la situazione non fosse così tragica, ci sarebbe da ridere. If the situation was not so tragic, one could laugh at it.
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ilaritàHo fatto solo una battuta, che in patria avrebbe suscitato ilarità, ma che qui non è stata capita. The one joke I did tell, which everyone at home would laugh at, fell flat.
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risoIn Italia c'è un proverbio, signor Presidente, che dice: "Il riso fa buon sangue", e noi vorremmo che questo sangue che circola fosse buono. There is a saying in Italy, Mr President, that laughing makes for good blood, and we want the blood which is moving around the States to be good. Signor Presidente, mi dichiaro colpevole di aver riso fragorosamente ascoltando il discorso del Presidente del Consiglio. Mr President, I confess myself guilty of laughing loudly during the statement by the President-in-Office of the Council. E adesso mi consenta di rivolgere una domanda a una delle relatrici, la signora slovacca che ha riso di gusto quando si parlava delle vittime ungheresi. And now let me put a question to one of the rapporteurs here, the Slovakian lady who laughed so loudly about the Hungarian victims.

An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter
Something that provokes mirth or scorn
A fun person
To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face, particularly of the mouth, causing a lighting up of the face and eyes, and usually accompanied by the emission of explosive or chuckling sounds from the chest and throat; to indulge in laughter
To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant; to sparkle; to sport
To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride; to mock
To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule
To express by, or utter with, laughter

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