suddenly

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• /ˈsʌd.ən.li/
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Inherited from Middle English sodenly, sodeynly, sodeinliche, sodaynlyche; equivalent to sudden + -ly.

212 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skielik — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Albanian: papritur — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Albanian: papritmas — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Albanian: befas — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Arabic: فَجْأَةً (fajʔatan) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Aramaic: ܡܢ ܫܠܝܐ — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Aramaic: ܡܢ ܫܠܝ — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Armenian: հանկարծակի (hankarcaki) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Armenian: հանկարծ (hankarc) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Old Armenian: յանկարծ (yankarc) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Old Armenian: յանկարծուստ (yankarcust) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Old Armenian: յանկարծակի (yankarcaki) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Azerbaijani: birdən-birə — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Azerbaijani: qəflətən — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Azerbaijani: qəfildən — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Azerbaijani: birdən — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Bashkir: ҡапыл (qapıl) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Bashkir: кинәт (kinət) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Belarusian: ра́птам (ráptam) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Bengali: হঠাৎ (hoṭhat) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Bulgarian: внеза́пно (vnezápno) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Bulgarian: ненаде́йно (nenadéjno) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Burmese: ရုတ်တရက် (rutta.rak) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Burmese: ဆိုးခနဲဆတ်ခနဲ (hcui:hka.nai:hcathka.nai:) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Catalan: de sobte — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Catalan: sobtadament — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Catalan: tot d'una — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Catalan: de cop i volta — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Chickasaw: himó̠nali' — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Chinese Cantonese: 一吓 (jat1 haa5) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Chinese Cantonese: 突然 (dat6 jin4) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Chinese Cantonese: 突然間 /突然间 (dat6 jin4 gaan1) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Chinese Mandarin: 突然 (tūrán) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Coptic: ⲉⲝⲁⲡⲉⲓⲛⲁ (eksapeina) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Coptic: ⲉⲝⲁⲡⲓⲛⲁ (eksapina) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Coptic: ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲡⲉ ⲛϣⲱⲡ (hnoušpe nšōp) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Coptic: ϩⲛⲟⲩϣⲱⲡ (hnoušōp) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Cornish: distowgh — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Cornish: a-dhesempis — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Czech: náhle — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Czech: najednou — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Danish: pludseligt — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Dutch: plotseling — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Dutch: plots — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Dutch: plotsklaps — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Dutch: ineens — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Dutch: pardoes — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Elfdalian: rett sos eð war — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Elfdalian: rett sos eð ir — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Elfdalian: rett wen eð ir — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Elfdalian: rett wen eð war — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Elfdalian: plötsli — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Elfdalian: just dǫ — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Elfdalian: twer- — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Elfdalian: brå- — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Esperanto: subite — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Estonian: äkki — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Finnish: yhtäkkiä — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Finnish: äkkiä — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• French: soudainement — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• French: tout d'un coup — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Old French: soudainnemant — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Galician: de súpeto — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Galician: de socato — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Galician: subitamente — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ge'ez: ፍጡነ (fəṭunä) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ge'ez: በፍጡን (bäfṭun) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ge'ez: ድንቀተ (dənḳätä) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ge'ez: ውእተ ፡ ጊዜ (wəʾtä gize) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ge'ez: ይእተ ፡ ጊዜ (yəʾtä gize) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ge'ez: በምዕር (bämʿər) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ge'ez: ግብተ (gəbtä) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Georgian: უეცრად (uecrad) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Georgian: მოულოდნელად (moulodnelad) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Georgian: ანაზდად (anazdad) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Georgian: უცბად (ucbad) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Old Georgian: მეყჳსეულად (meq̇wiseulad) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Old Georgian: მეყსეულად (meq̇seulad) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Old Georgian: მუნქუეს (munkues) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• German: plötzlich — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• German: urplötzlich (emph.) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• German: unversehens — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐍃 (anaks) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Greek: ξαφνικά (xafniká) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ancient Greek: ἄφνω (áphnō) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Mbya Guarani: xapy'a — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Haitian Creole: sibitman — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hawaiian: ʻemo ʻole — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hawaiian: hikiwawe — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hawaiian: honua — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hawaiian: poni — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hawaiian: aia hoʻi — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hebrew: פתאום (pit'óm) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hindi: अचानक (acānak) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hindi: एकाएक (ekāek) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hindi: सहसा (sahsā) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hindi: अनायास (anāyās) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hungarian: hirtelen — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Hungarian: egyszer csak — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Icelandic: brátt — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Icelandic: skyndilega — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Icelandic: snögglega — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Icelandic: hastarlega — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ido: subite — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Indonesian: tiba-tiba — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Indonesian: mendadak — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Interlingua: subito — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Irish: go tobann — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Irish: de gheit — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Italian: all'improvviso — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Italian: improvvisamente — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Japanese: 突然 (totsuzen) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Kazakh: аңдаусызда (añdausyzda) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Kazakh: кенет (kenet) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Kazakh: кенеттен (kenetten) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Khmer: ស្រាប់តែ (srap tae) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Khmer: ភ្លាមនោះ (pliem nuh) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Korean: 갑자기 (gapjagi) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Korean: 돌연 (doryeon) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Central Kurdish: لەپڕ (lepirr) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Latgalian: ūmai — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Latgalian: pieški — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Latin: repente — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Latin: subito — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Latin: derepente — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Latvian: pēkšņi — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Lithuanian: staiga — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Macedonian: наеднаш (naednaš) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Macedonian: одеднаш (odednaš) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Malay: tiba-tiba — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Malayalam: പെട്ടന്ന് (peṭṭannŭ) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Malayalam: പെട്ടെന്ന് (peṭṭennŭ) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Maltese: f’daqqa waħda — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Manchu: ᡤᠠᡳᡨᠠᡳ (gaitai) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Māori: whakarere — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Marathi: अचानक (acānak) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Mongolian: гэнэт (genet) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Khiamniungan Naga: thǖlīk — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Nengone: kedin — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Nepali: अचानक (acānak) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Nepali: एक्कासि (ekkāsi) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Norwegian Bokmål: plutselig — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Norwegian Bokmål: med ett — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Old English: fǣrlīċe — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Persian: ناگهان (nâgahân) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Plautdietsch: onverhofs — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Polish: nagle — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Polish: raptem — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Polish: z nagła — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Polish: znienacka — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Portuguese: de repente — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Portuguese: repentinamente — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Portuguese: subitamente — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Romanian: subit — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Romanian: brusc — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Romanian: deodată — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Romanian: instantaneu — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Russian: вдруг (vdrug) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Russian: неожи́данно (neožídanno) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Russian: внеза́пно (vnezápno) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Russian: скоропостижно (skoropostižno) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Samoan: fa'afuase'i — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Sanskrit: सहसा (sahasā) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Sanskrit: सपदि (sapadi) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Sardinian: improntùitu — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Sardinian: indùna — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Sardinian: setzi — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Sardinian: tottindunu — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Scottish Gaelic: gu h-obann — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Scottish Gaelic: gu grad — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Sikkimese: ཏོག་གི (tog gi) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Slovak: zrazu — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Slovene: naênkrat — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Spanish: de repente — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Spanish: repentinamente — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Spanish: de pronto — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Spanish: súbitamente — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Spanish: subitáneamente — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Swahili: ghafula — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Swedish: plötsligt — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Swedish: med ens — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Swedish: plötsligen — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Swedish: rätt som det var — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Swedish: tvär- — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Sylheti: ꠀꠈꠔꠣ (axóta) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Tamil: திடீரென்று (tiṭīreṉṟu) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Telugu: అకస్మాత్తుగా (akasmāttugā) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Thai: อยู่ดีๆ — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Thai: อยู่ๆ — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Thai: จู่ๆ — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Tibetan: ཧོབ་ཏེ་ཁ་ལ (hob te kha la) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Tocharian B: istak — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Tocharian B: ramer — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Tongan: fakatuʻupakē — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Turkish: aniden — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Turkish: ansızın — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Turkish: birden — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Turkish: birdenbire — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Turkish: gafleten — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ukrainian: раптово (raptovo) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ukrainian: несподівано (nespodivano) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Ukrainian: знена́цька (znenácʹka) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Urdu: اچانک (acānak) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Urdu: ناگہاں (nāgahā̃) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Vietnamese: thình lình — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Vietnamese: đột ngột — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Vietnamese: bỗng — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Vietnamese: chợt — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Welsh: yn sydyn — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Yiddish: אויףֿ (oyf) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Yiddish: מיט אַ מאָל (mit a mol) — happening quickly and with little or no warning
• Yiddish: פּלוצלינג (plutsling) — happening quickly and with little or no warning