all of a sudden

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• US: /ˌɔl əv ə ˈsʌdən/
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85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: فَجْأَةً (fajʔatan) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Bashkir: ҡапыл (qapıl) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Bashkir: кинәт (kinət) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Bengali: হঠাৎ (hoṭhat) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Catalan: de cop — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Catalan: en sec — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Catalan: de sobte — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Catalan: de bursada — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Catalan: d'improvís — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Catalan: tot d'una — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Chinese Mandarin: 突然 (tūrán) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Chinese Mandarin: 忽然 (hūrán) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Chinese Mandarin: 一下子 (yīxiàzi) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Czech: najednou — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Danish: pludselig — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Dutch: plotseling — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Dutch: opeens — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Dutch: ineens — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Finnish: yhtäkkiä — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Finnish: äkkiä — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Finnish: äkkiarvaamatta — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Finnish: äkisti — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• French: soudain — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• French: soudainement — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• French: subitement — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• French: tout à coup — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• French: tout d'un coup — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Georgian: უეცრად (uecrad) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Georgian: უცბად (ucbad) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• German: auf einmal — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• German: mit einem Mal — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Greek: ξαφνικά (xafniká) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Ancient Greek: αἶψα (aîpsa) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Ancient Greek: ἐξαπίνης (exapínēs) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Gujarati: અચાનક (acānak) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Hebrew: פִּתְאוֹם (pit'óm) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Hindi: अचानक (acānak) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Hungarian: hirtelen — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Hungarian: váratlanul — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Hungarian: egyszer csak — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Hungarian: egyszerre csak — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Icelandic: allt í einu — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Indonesian: tiba-tiba — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Irish: de phreab — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Italian: all'improvviso — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Italian: see also Thesaurus:improvvisamente — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Japanese: 突然 (totsuzen) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Japanese: 突然に (totsuzen ni) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Japanese: 行き成り (ikinari) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Korean: 갑자기 (gapjagi) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Korean: 불현듯 (bulhyeondeut) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Korean: 불현듯이 (bulhyeondeusi) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Northern Kurdish: ji nişkê ve — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Latvian: pēkšņi — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Norwegian: plutselig — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Polish: nagle — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Polish: z nagła — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Portuguese: subitamente — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Portuguese: de repente — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Portuguese: repentinamente — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Romanian: deodată — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Romanian: dintr-o dată — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Russian: вдруг (vdrug) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Russian: внеза́пно (vnezápno) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Russian: неожи́данно (neožídanno) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Russian: ра́зом (rázom) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Scottish Gaelic: gu grad — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Spanish: de repente — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Spanish: súbitamente — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Spanish: de pronto — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Spanish: de golpe — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Spanish: de golpe y porrazo — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Spanish: de buenas a primeras — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Spanish: al primer envite — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Swedish: plötsligt — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Swedish: hux flux — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Thai: อยู่ดีๆ — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Thai: อยู่ๆ — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Thai: จู่ๆ — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Tulu: ಗಡಕ್ಕ (gaḍakka) — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Turkish: birden — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Vietnamese: trong nháy mắt — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Vietnamese: trong tích tắc — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Vietnamese: trong một nốt nhạc — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
• Zazaki: nıskêra — colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly