reís

Reís is the second-person plural present indicative form of the Spanish verb reír, meaning "you all laugh." It is used in Spain with the vosot ris form vosotros reís, and corresponds to the Latin American use of ustedes for the second person plural in everyday speech.

Reír is an irregular verb whose present-tense forms involve a vowel change from e to í in most singular and plural forms: yo río, tú ríes, él ríe, nosotros reímos, vosotros reís, ellos ríen. The form reís carries an accent on the í to indicate the correct stress pattern in a two-syllable word ending in s. Pronunciation in standard Spanish is roughly /reˈis/.

Usage varies by regional variety. In Spain, reís is the common second-person plural form when using the informal vosotros. In Latin America, where vosotros is generally not used, the corresponding meaning is conveyed with ustedes and the verb form ríen or ríen, depending on the subject, rather than reís. The phrase vosotros reís also appears in some regional or formal registers in Spain, but it is not the standard form outside that context.

Etymology traces reír to the Latin ridēre, reflecting a historical vowel change in the Spanish present tense. The verb is frequently used in everyday conversation to describe laughter, humor, or ridicule, and it also appears in phrasal expressions and idiomatic constructions.

Example: En la reunión, vosotros reís al oír el chiste. This illustrates the second-person plural present indicative form in a typical context.