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Used to indicate emphatic rejection of an assertion or request.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, sometimes, vulgar
Examples
- A: I can run faster than a horse. B: The hell you can!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: like hell, the hell you say, hell
Antonyms: none provided
Expletive used for emphasis, typically after an interrogative term or relative pronoun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, sometimes, vulgar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Ellipsis of what the hell, an exclamation indicating surprise or dismay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, mildly, vulgar
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Ellipsis of what the hell (“what”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, interrogative, mildly, slang, vulgar
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
че няма
(če njama)
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Bulgarian:
че дяволите
(če djavolite)
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Esperanto:
diable
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Finnish:
paskat
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Finnish:
vitut
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Finnish:
paskanmarjat
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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French:
mais bien sûr
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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French:
que dalle
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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German:
als ob
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Hungarian:
a francokat
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Hungarian:
a fenéket
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Hungarian:
francba
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Italian:
col cazzo
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Polish:
do diabła
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Polish:
do cholery
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Romanian:
pe naiba
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Romanian:
pe dracu'
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Romanian:
nici prin cap
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Serbo-Croatian:
ма какви
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Serbo-Croatian:
никако
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Serbo-Croatian:
ma kakvi
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Serbo-Croatian:
nikako
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Swedish:
så fan heller
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Swedish:
i helvete heller
— indication of emphatic rejection of an assertion
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Bulgarian:
дявол
(djavol)
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Bulgarian:
по дяволите
(po djavolite)
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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German:
zur Hölle
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Hungarian:
a franc
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Hungarian:
a fene
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Hungarian:
az ördög
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Hungarian:
a frászt
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Hungarian:
a picsa
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Italian:
cazzo
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Italian:
minchia
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Italian:
diavolo
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Italian:
diamine
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Polish:
do diabła
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Polish:
do cholery
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Portuguese:
diabos
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Romanian:
naiba
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Romanian:
naibii
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Romanian:
dracu'
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Romanian:
dracului
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Romanian:
mama naibii
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Romanian:
mama dracului
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Romanian:
puii mei
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Romanian:
pana mea
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Romanian:
mama mă-sii
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Serbo-Croatian:
дођавола
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Serbo-Croatian:
до врага
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Serbo-Croatian:
dođavola
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Serbo-Croatian:
do vraga
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Spanish:
diantre (s)
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Spanish:
diablos
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Spanish:
demonios
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Swedish:
fan
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Swedish:
i helvete
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
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Swedish:
tusan
— expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative term
