/paɾˈtiɾse de ˈrisa/ lit. ‘to split yourself with laughter’
Spanish idiom, colloquial. To laugh very hard.
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How do people use Partirse de risa
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Colloquial and friendly, fine with friends, family and most colleagues. It’s reflexive, so the pronoun has to come along: “me parto de risa”, “nos partimos de risa”, “me partí de risa con su broma”. In Spain people often drop the “de risa” and just say “me parto” when something is very funny.
Also said partirse
Partirse de risa
in real sentences
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La historia era tan graciosa que me partí de risa.
The story was so funny that I split my sides.
Tatoeba, sentence by teskmon, translation by Dejo, CC BY 2.0 FR
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Sus bromas nos hacían partirnos de risa.
His jokes had us in stitches.
Tatoeba, sentence by Shishir, translation by darinmex, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Partirse de risa
come from?
The picture is laughing so hard you break in two, the same idea as English “split your sides”. English Wiktionary lists it with a reference to the Real Academia’s dictionary but gives no date, and there’s no record of when it was first used.
Mistakes learners make with Partirse de risa
Leaving out the reflexive pronoun. “Parto de risa” sounds wrong; it has to be “me parto de risa”, because you’re the one splitting.
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