how to say “to crack up laughing” in Hebrew
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לְהִתְפַּקֵּעַ מִצְּחוֹק
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Laughing is one of the most enjoyable of all human activities. To crack up, to fall off one’s seat, to die of laughter – these all have equivalents in Hebrew, though the most widely-used is לְהִתְפַּקֵּעַ מִצְּחוֹק. It means, literally, to burst from laughter.
להתפקע is a reflexive-intensive הִתְפַּעֵל (heet-pah-EL) verb. You can learn to conjugate it here. The root is פ.ק.ע (p.k.a).
An example:
הִיא רָאֲתָה אֶת הַסֶּרֶט וְהִתְפַּקְּעָה מִצְּחוֹק.
She watched (saw) the movie and cracked up laughing.
Some synonyms:
לִפּוֹל מֵעַל הַכִּסֵּא מֵרוֹב צְחוֹק
to fall off of a (from on the) chair from so much laughter
לָמוּת מִצְּחוֹק
to die of laughter
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