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The French sentence "C'est rigolo" revealed

Are you ready to find out all the things you ever wanted to know about the funny French phrase "C'est rigolo"? More precisely, this includes a full guide of what it is and how you can use it in everyday life with an audio example. Plus, we also added some useful informations like dialogue example, synonyms, slow pronunciation audio and more!

French to English translation

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  Translation : It's funny

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  Register : Informal - Funny

Pronunciation guide

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  IPA : / sɛ ʁiɡɔlo /

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C'est rigolo meaning

Definition

The literal meaning is:

• C'est → It is
• Rigolo → Funny

Among all the different ways to say "It's funny" in French, "C'est rigolo" is one of the most used one. It's coming from the verb "rigoler" which means "To laugh".

How to use it

The very classic way to say "It's funny" in French would be "C'est drôle", but "C'est marrant" and "C'est rigolo" are totally fine too, even if they are a bit more informal.

In addition, the slang way to say it is: "C'est des barres" (It's bars) or simply "Des barres" (Bars).

Finally, if something is extremely funny, you can use "C'est à mourir de rire" (Literally: It's to die of laughing) or "C'est hilarant" (It's hilarious).

Synonyms / Related

• C'est marrant. ("It's funny")
• C'est drôle. ("It's funny")
• C'est hilarant. ("It's hilarious")
• C'est à mourir de rire. ("Literally: It's to die of laughing")
• C'est des barres. ("Literally: It's bars")(Slang)
• Des barres de rire. ("Literally: Bars of laugh")(Slang)
• Des barres. ("Literally: Bars")(Slang)

Example in a dialogue with French audio

Dialogue

J'ai regardé ce film dont tout le monde parle

I watched this movie everybody is talking about

Alors, c'est rigolo ?

So, is it funny?

Comme ci, comme ça

So-so