śmiać

An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.

How to use

The verb 'śmiać' (to laugh / dare) is almost exclusively used in two forms: the highly common reflexive 'śmiać się' (to laugh, imperfective, pair is 'zaśmiać się'), and the bare 'śmieć' (to dare, conjugated as 'śmiem', 'śmiesz'). Note: the source metadata mistakenly lists this as a noun, but it is a verb. The reflexive 'śmiać się' conjugates as: 'śmieję się', 'śmiejesz się'. To say 'laugh at someone/something', use the preposition 'z' + genitive case (e.g., 'śmiać się z żartu' — to laugh at a joke).