whoa

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• UK: /wəʊ/
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• UK: /ʍəʊ/
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• US: wō
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• US: hwō
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• US: /woʊ/
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• US: /ʍoʊ/
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• rhymes with -əʊ
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• homophone: woe (wine–whine merger)
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• CMU ARPABET: W OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: HH W OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: HH OW1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Whoa (c. 1843) is a variant of woa (c. 1840), itself a variant of wo (c. 1787), from who (c. 1450), ultimately from Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare German ho, Old French ho ! (“hold!, halt!”).

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قِف (qif) — stop, said to a horse
• Arabic: قِفِي (qifī) — stop, said to a horse
• Catalan: xo — stop, said to a horse
• Chinese Mandarin: 吁 (yū) — stop, said to a horse
• Esperanto: pru — stop, said to a horse
• Esperanto: tpr — stop, said to a horse
• Finnish: ptruu — stop, said to a horse
• French: ho — stop, said to a horse
• French: holà — stop, said to a horse
• French: stop — stop, said to a horse
• Galician: xo — stop, said to a horse
• Galician: ou — stop, said to a horse
• German: brr — stop, said to a horse
• German: oha — stop, said to a horse
• Hindi: वाह (vāh) — stop, said to a horse
• Hungarian: hó — stop, said to a horse
• Ingrian: tprr — stop, said to a horse
• Japanese: どう (dō) — stop, said to a horse
• Japanese: どうどう (dōdō) — stop, said to a horse
• Latin: ōhē — stop, said to a horse
• Malay: hoi — stop, said to a horse
• Norwegian: ptro — stop, said to a horse
• Polish: prr — stop, said to a horse
• Polish: pru — stop, said to a horse
• Portuguese: alto! — stop, said to a horse
• Portuguese: ou! — stop, said to a horse
• Russian: тпру (tpru) — stop, said to a horse
• Russian: пру (pru) — stop, said to a horse
• Russian: стоп (stop) — stop, said to a horse
• Spanish: so — stop, said to a horse
• Spanish: cho — stop, said to a horse
• Spanish: to — stop, said to a horse
• Swedish: ptrr — stop, said to a horse
• German: langsam — slow down
• Hindi: वाह (vāh) — slow down
• Malay: hoi — slow down
• Polish: hola — slow down
• Spanish: so — slow down
• Swedish: sakta i backarna — slow down
• Finnish: oho — expression of surprise
• French: ouah — expression of surprise
• German: boah — expression of surprise
• German: boa — expression of surprise
• German: oha — expression of surprise
• German: öha — expression of surprise
• German: eha — expression of surprise
• Hindi: वाह (vāh) — expression of surprise
• Malay: hoi — expression of surprise
• Māori: hika mā! — expression of surprise
• Polish: oho — expression of surprise
• Portuguese: nossa! — expression of surprise
• Russian: ого (ogo) — expression of surprise
• Sicilian: bih — expression of surprise
• Sicilian: ippì — expression of surprise
• Sicilian: puì — expression of surprise
• Sicilian: buì — expression of surprise
• Sicilian: ivì — expression of surprise
• Sicilian: zu — expression of surprise
• Spanish: guau — expression of surprise
• Spanish: híjole — expression of surprise
• Spanish: hala — expression of surprise
• Spanish: ala — expression of surprise
• Spanish: alá — expression of surprise
• Spanish: hale — expression of surprise
• Spanish: ale — expression of surprise
• Spanish: asu — expression of surprise
• Spanish: asu mare — expression of surprise
• Spanish: asu madre — expression of surprise
• Spanish: ño — expression of surprise
• Spanish: bestia — expression of surprise
• Swedish: oj då — expression of surprise
• Turkish: oha — expression of surprise
• Ukrainian: ого (oho) — expression of surprise