Internet Chat laughter in Spanish

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In English we tend to use:

lol = laughing out loud;
rofl = rolling on the floor laughing;
lmao = laughing my a** off;
roflmao = rolling on the floor laughing my a** off.

These are just some of the forms of text laughter that I first encountered on ICQ/IRC back in the 90s / early 00s. Naturally we also have 'hah', 'haha', and 'bwahahahha' :)

However, when talking to Spanish-speaking friends, aside from the regular 'jaja', I haven't found many other alternatives to express different levels of amusement. And it feels wrong to laugh sometimes when it's just something that's mildly amusing, for example.

Any suggestions?

I get a lot of these in text messages: xD. It means laughing in Spanish SMS. (The surprise is that the x doesn't mean "por.") — Brian, Nov 27 '11 at 19:55
@Brian That emoticon is used everywhere actually; by the way, for those who don't know, it's basically this face. — Alenanno, Nov 27 '11 at 20:36
XD can be extended to a ridiculous amount of D's to measure intensity: XDDDDDD — Senyu, Jun 27 '16 at 14:17

score 14 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 27 '16 at 13:00

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Lo que yo hago (otros harán otras cosas):

Te hace gracia y te sonríes :)
Te hace gracia y te ríes :D
Una sonrisa perversa: jejejeje (como levantando el labio superior por el lado derecho)
Una sonrisa malvada: muahahahaha (como el malvado que se ríe cuando su trampa ha funcionado)
Alguien metió la pata, te sorprendes y te hace un poquito de gracia: Juas
Of course, también lol, ja, jajaja, y JAJAJAAJJAJAJAJA.

edited Jun 27 '16 at 13:00

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answered Nov 27 '11 at 13:48

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+1 for uppercase "JA". – dusan Nov 27 '11 at 14:35
+1 Uppercase JA FTW! – Jose Luis Nov 27 '11 at 21:30
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Definitely JAJAJAJA. Even my Norwegian wife knows this one! – Kevin K. Nov 28 '11 at 04:52
Si las usais, no tengáis miedo de incorporar erratas para que se vea que la risa te impidió escribir bien: mejor JAJAJAJAAAJJA o JAAJAJAJAAJJ que JAJAJAJAJAJA. – Nexus Nov 28 '11 at 16:36
tambien existe el "JAJAAAAAAAAAA" q tiene otro tono – pleasedontbelong Nov 29 '11 at 12:40
+1 por la diferencia de intensidad entre juas y jajaja – Bardo Jul 01 '16 at 11:49

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 27 '11 at 13:34

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They use "jajaja": the more "ja", the stronger the laugh. But there are variations, like jejeje, which is a less strong laugh and can be a nervous laugh or an "evil" laugh.

Anyway, there seem to be "alternatives" for LOL in Spanish:

CMC (casi me cago) = It means "I almost p**p my pants (from laughter)";
RAC (reír a carcajadas) = lol

I've also seen "MDR" (muerto de risa), but it actually originated from the French "mort de rire", same meaning; it's used by French speakers along with LOL.

answered Nov 27 '11 at 13:34

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I've never seen those acronyms you mention, as far as I know, I've only seen XD which is more of an emoticon (laughing face). – Rorok_89 Apr 10 '13 at 08:55
I've never seen those either, but if you got so many positive votes I guess is because some people use them and upvote your answer. I don't think I'll ever use any of those. – DGaleano Jun 27 '16 at 13:04

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 31 '11 at 02:57

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I've never seen acronyms in Spanish chat, like LOL and ROFL, only onomatopoeias.
I use LOL myself.

answered Dec 31 '11 at 02:57

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