noun, feminine/kaɾkaˈxada/plural: carcajadas
a guffaw or cackle, belly laugh, bray (a loud and hearty laugh)
“Cuando a Sharon Hitchcock, de 53 años, le preguntan por las ventajas del Brexit se echa a reír. “¿Ventajas?”, repite entre carcajadas que resuenan con un eco de tristeza e ironía.” — When Sharon Hitchcock, 53, is asked about the advantages of Brexit, she bursts out laughing. "Advantages?" she repeats between cackles that resonate with sadness and irony.
Related: reírse a carcajadas
Onomatopoeic in origin.