How is the phrase reírse por lo bajo translated from Spanish to English
Reírse en voz baja y con burla.
To laugh quietly in a mocking way.
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Reírse en voz baja y con burla.
To laugh quietly in a mocking way.
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Los chicos se rieron por lo bajo de su nuevo corte de pelo. — The boys snickered at his new haircut.
Una risita recorrió el fondo de la sala. — A snicker ran through the back of the room.
No te rías por lo bajo cuando lea su poema. — Don't snicker when he reads his poem.
Oí una risita detrás de mí. — I heard a snicker behind me.
¿Por qué se ríen por lo bajo cada vez que hablo? — Why do they snicker every time I speak?
¿Eso fue una risita o solo una tos? — Was that a snicker or just a cough?
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