how to say “LOL (laugh out loud)” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/להיקרע-מצחוק-#.m4a” /]לְהִיקָּרַע מִצְּחוֹק

The Hebrew word for laughter is צחוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/להיקרע-מצחוק-#.m4a” /], while להיקרע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/להיקרע-מצחוק-#.m4a” /] means to be torn. These words give us the expression להיקרע מצחוק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/להיקרע-מצחוק-#.m4a” /] – to be torn of laughter – or in Digital English, LOL (laugh out loud).

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/להיקרע-מצחוק-#.m4a” /]פשוט נקרעתי מצחוק לאורך כל הפרק.

I was just cracking up throughout the whole episode.

להיקרע is a נפעל verb of the root ק.ר.ע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/להיקרע-מצחוק-#.m4a” /].

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