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SPANISH VERB

partirse de risa

to laugh your head off, to crack up

  • Regular -ir verb
  • Gerund: partiéndose de risa
  • Past participle: partido de risa

Conjugation

Tap any form to hear it. The part that changes is in colour.

Present

Presente · now, habits and facts

  1. yo I laugh your head off
  2. tú you laugh your head off
  3. usted, él, ella he/she laughs your head off
  4. nosotros we laugh your head off
  5. vosotros Spain you all laugh your head off
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they laugh your head off

Past

Pretérito indefinido · finished actions

  1. yo I laughed your head off
  2. tú you laughed your head off
  3. usted, él, ella he/she laughed your head off
  4. nosotros we laughed your head off
  5. vosotros Spain you all laughed your head off
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they laughed your head off

Imperfect

Pretérito imperfecto · “used to” and “was …ing”

  1. yo I used to laugh your head off
  2. tú you used to laugh your head off
  3. usted, él, ella he/she used to laugh your head off
  4. nosotros we used to laugh your head off
  5. vosotros Spain you all used to laugh your head off
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they used to laugh your head off

Future

Futuro · plans and promises; in speech, “voy a hablar” is just as common

  1. yo I will laugh your head off
  2. tú you will laugh your head off
  3. usted, él, ella he/she will laugh your head off
  4. nosotros we will laugh your head off
  5. vosotros Spain you all will laugh your head off
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they will laugh your head off

Conditional

Condicional · “would”

  1. yo I would laugh your head off
  2. tú you would laugh your head off
  3. usted, él, ella he/she would laugh your head off
  4. nosotros we would laugh your head off
  5. vosotros Spain you all would laugh your head off
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas they would laugh your head off

Present subjunctive

Presente de subjuntivo · wishes, doubts, “que …”

  1. yo (that) I laugh your head off
  2. tú (that) you laugh your head off
  3. usted, él, ella (that) he/she laugh your head off
  4. nosotros (that) we laugh your head off
  5. vosotros Spain (that) you all laugh your head off
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (that) they laugh your head off

Past subjunctive

Imperfecto de subjuntivo · “if I were”, “si …”

  1. yo (if) I laughed your head off
  2. tú (if) you laughed your head off
  3. usted, él, ella (if) he/she laughed your head off
  4. nosotros (if) we laughed your head off
  5. vosotros Spain (if) you all laughed your head off
  6. ustedes, ellos, ellas (if) they laughed your head off

Imperative

Imperativo · requests and orders; a negative one uses the subjunctive (no hables)

  1. tú laugh your head off!
  2. usted laugh your head off! (formal)
  3. nosotros laugh your head off! (let’s)
  4. vosotros Spain laugh your head off! (all of you)
  5. ustedes laugh your head off! (all of you)

How to use partirse de risa

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Con los chistes de Curro me parto de risa.

    Curro's jokes make me laugh my head off.

  2. Past

    Nos partimos de risa viendo las fotos de la boda.

    We cracked up looking at the wedding photos.

  3. Imperfect

    Mi abuelo se partía de risa con cualquier tontería.

    My grandfather would crack up at any silly thing.

  4. Future

    Cuando veas el vídeo, te partirás de risa.

    When you see the video, you'll laugh your head off.

  5. Conditional

    Encarna se partiría de risa si me viera con este sombrero.

    Encarna would crack up if she saw me in this hat.

  6. Present subjunctive

    No lo cuentes, no quiero que se partan de risa de mí.

    Don't tell it, I don't want them laughing their heads off at me.

  7. Past subjunctive

    Me dio rabia que se partieran de risa de mi acento.

    It annoyed me that they cracked up at my accent.

  8. Imperative

    ¡Pártete de risa ahora, pero mañana te toca a ti!

    Laugh your head off now, but tomorrow it's your turn!

Good to know

  • Also "partirse" on its own: "Me parto contigo" is "you crack me up". Nothing to do with leaving: that is "irse".

Where you hear partirse de risa

The lessons that teach a form of it, and how they say it.

Spanish · Fluency Level 1

  • Con Encarna en la barra, yo me parto de risa. With Encarna at the bar, I crack up.
  • Emily se partió de risa con mi inglés. Emily laughed her head off at my English.
  • Cuando veas la foto de Curro con la gorra, te vas a partir de risa. When you see the photo of Curro in the cap, you're going to laugh your head off.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: regular -ir verb.