хохотать

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Russian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *xoxotati.

Pronunciation

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Verb

хохота́ть (xoxotátʹimpf (perfective захохота́ть or хохотну́ть)

  1. to laugh loudly, to laugh heartily, to roar with laughter, to guffaw
    хохота́ть до упа́дуxoxotátʹ do upáduto roll with laughter
    хохота́ть до слёзxoxotátʹ do sljozto laugh until tears run
    Ёжик по тра́вке бежи́т и хохо́чет,
    Ёжику тра́вка пипи́ську щеко́чет.
    Тра́вка зако́нчилась, гра́вий пошёл —
    Ёжик домо́й без пипи́ськи пришёл.
    Jóžik po trávke bežít i xoxóčet,
    Jóžiku trávka pipísʹku ščekóčet.
    Trávka zakónčilasʹ, grávij pošól —
    Jóžik domój bez pipísʹki prišól.
    A hedgehog runs over grass and laughs,
    The grass tickles his wienie.
    But the grass has run out, and been followed by gravel —
    The hedgehog had no wienie left by the time he got home.

Conjugation

Quotations

  • 2013, Леонид Андреев, Савва (Ignis sanat), Litres, →ISBN:
    Увижу такую рожу и начну хохотать, хохотать, хохотать и умру.
    Uvižu takuju rožu i načnu xoxotatʹ, xoxotatʹ, xoxotatʹ i umru.
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