sonreír

Inherited from Old Spanish sonreir, from Vulgar Latin *subrīdīre, from Latin subrīdēre. Compare Portuguese sorrir.

• IPA^(key): /sonreˈiɾ/

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• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: son‧re‧ír

sonreír (first-person singular present sonrío, first-person singular preterite sonreí, past participle sonreído)

1. (intransitive) to smile

   sonreírle a alguien ― to smile at someone

   Le encanta cuando le sonríes. ― He loves it when you smile at him.

   • 1902, Amado Nervo, "Y el Buda de basalto sonreía" 1-4:

     Aquella tarde, en la alameda, loca
     de amor, la dulce idolatrada mía
     me ofreció la eglantina de su boca.
     Y el Buda de basalto sonreía.

     That afternoon, in the poplar grove, as she was crazy
     in love, the sweet woman I idolized
     offered me the sweetbrier of her mouth.
     And the basalt Buddha smiled.

• “sonreír”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10