wow

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Attested since the 16th century; borrowed from Scots wow; ultimately a natural exclamation.

Imitative.

196 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sjoe — excitement
• Arabic: عَجَبًا (ʕajaban) — excitement
• Arabic: وي (way) — excitement
• Arabic: وَه (wah) — excitement
• Arabic: واو (wāw) — excitement
• Armenian: ջա՜ն, հրաշալի է (hrašali ē) — excitement
• Assamese: আও (aü) — excitement
• Assamese: বাঃ (bah) — excitement
• Catalan: vaja — excitement
• Chinese Mandarin: 哇 (wà) — excitement
• Chinese Mandarin: 呀 (yà) — excitement
• Chinese Mandarin: 啊 (à) — excitement
• Esperanto: ŭaŭ — excitement
• Estonian: vau — excitement
• Finnish: vau! — excitement
• Finnish: oho — excitement
• French: waouh — excitement
• French: ouah — excitement
• French: oh là là — excitement
• Georgian: ვაშა (vaša) — excitement
• German: toll! — excitement
• German: boah! — excitement
• German: Junge! — excitement
• German: Mensch! — excitement
• Greek: βαβαί (vavaí) — excitement
• Greek: ουάου (ouáou) — excitement
• Ancient Greek: βαβαί (babaí) — excitement
• Hiligaynon: abá — excitement
• Hindi: वाह (vāh) — excitement
• Hungarian: ejha! — excitement
• Hungarian: hűha! — excitement
• Hungarian: hű — excitement
• Hungarian: tyűha! — excitement
• Hungarian: tyű! — excitement
• Hungarian: azta! — excitement
• Hungarian: húha — excitement
• Hungarian: hú — excitement
• Hungarian: fú — excitement
• Hungarian: azt a mindenit — excitement
• Italian: accipicchia — excitement
• Italian: accidenti — excitement
• Italian: per tutti i diavoli — excitement
• Italian: per la miseria — excitement
• Italian: incredibile — excitement
• Italian: perbacco — excitement
• Japanese: うわ (uwa) — excitement
• Japanese: わあ (wā) — excitement
• Japanese: ワオ (wao) — excitement
• Korean: 우와 (uwa) — excitement
• Korean: 와 (wa) — excitement
• Korean: 와우 (wau) — excitement
• Ladin: putega — excitement
• Ladin: bestia — excitement
• Ladin: ma ies'a mat — excitement
• Latin: papae — excitement
• Macedonian: леле (lele) — excitement
• Malay: wau — excitement
• Māori: ānana — excitement
• Māori: ēhe — excitement
• Navajo: doo lá dóʼ da — excitement
• Persian: وه (vah) — excitement
• Persian: به (bah) — excitement
• Polish: wow! — excitement
• Polish: o rany — excitement
• Portuguese: uau — excitement
• Portuguese: uia — excitement
• Portuguese: nossa — excitement
• Romanian: uau — excitement
• Russian: ух ты́ (ux tý) — excitement
• Russian: ва́у (váu) — excitement
• Russian: ура́ (urá) — excitement
• Spanish: ¡guau! — excitement
• Spanish: ¡guao! — excitement
• Spanish: hala — excitement
• Spanish: arrea — excitement
• Spanish: atiza — excitement
• Spanish: órale — excitement
• Swedish: oj — excitement
• Swedish: wow — excitement
• Turkish: vay — excitement
• Turkish: vay canına — excitement
• Urdu: واہ (vāh) — excitement
• Urdu: وا (vā) — excitement
• Walloon: oufti — excitement
• Walloon: ayayay — excitement
• Welsh: waw — excitement
• Yoruba: ọmọ! — excitement
• Zazaki: way caro — excitement
• Afrikaans: sjoe — amazement
• Arabic: سُبْحَانَ الله (subḥāna llāh) — amazement
• Armenian: մաման-ծաղկաման (maman-caġkaman) — amazement
• Chinese Mandarin: 哇塞 (wāsài) — amazement
• Chinese Mandarin: 哇 (wā) — amazement
• Chinese Mandarin: 哎呀 (āiyā) — amazement
• Dutch: wauw — amazement
• Esperanto: ŭaŭ — amazement
• Finnish: vau — amazement
• Finnish: oho — amazement
• Finnish: jukoliste — amazement
• French: ouah — amazement
• French: oh — amazement
• German: wow — amazement
• German: boah — amazement
• Ancient Greek: βαβαί (babaí) — amazement
• Hanunoo: aba-aba — amazement
• Hebrew: ואו (waw) — amazement
• Hiligaynon: abá — amazement
• Hindi: वाह (vāh) — amazement
• Hungarian: ejha! — amazement
• Hungarian: hűha! — amazement
• Hungarian: hű — amazement
• Hungarian: tyűha! — amazement
• Hungarian: tyű! — amazement
• Hungarian: azta! — amazement
• Hungarian: húha — amazement
• Hungarian: hú — amazement
• Hungarian: fú — amazement
• Hungarian: azt a mindenit — amazement
• Icelandic: vá — amazement
• Italian: uao — amazement
• Japanese: わあ (wā) — amazement
• Japanese: すごい! (sugoi) — amazement
• Khmer: ចុម (chom) — amazement
• Khmer: វ៉វ់ (vorv) — amazement
• Korean: 와 (wa) — amazement
• Latin: hui — amazement
• Lithuanian: vau — amazement
• Malay: wau — amazement
• Malay: wah — amazement
• Māori: ānana — amazement
• Māori: ēhe — amazement
• Māori: anō — amazement
• Māori: wī — amazement
• Persian: واه (vâh) — amazement
• Persian: وا (vâ) — amazement
• Polish: wow — amazement
• Polish: łał — amazement
• Portuguese: uau — amazement
• Portuguese: uia — amazement
• Portuguese: nossa — amazement
• Portuguese: ena! — amazement
• Romanian: uau — amazement
• Russian: ого́ (ogó) — amazement
• Russian: ого́ (ohó) — amazement
• Russian: ничего́ себе́! (ničevó sebé!) — amazement
• Russian: ба (ba) — amazement
• Russian: ишь ты (išʹ ty) — amazement
• Russian: на́до же (nádo že) — amazement
• Russian: обалде́ть (obaldétʹ) — amazement
• Russian: ва́у (váu) — amazement
• Russian: здо́рово (zdórovo) — amazement
• Russian: ух ты (ux ty) — amazement
• Russian: офиге́ть (ofigétʹ) — amazement
• Russian: охуе́ть (oxujétʹ) — amazement
• Russian: пизде́ц (pizdéc) — amazement
• Russian: пфф (pff) — amazement
• Sicilian: bi — amazement
• Sicilian: ippì — amazement
• Sicilian: ivì — amazement
• Sicilian: zu — amazement
• Sicilian: talè — amazement
• Spanish: guau — amazement
• Spanish: guao — amazement
• Spanish: salute — amazement
• Spanish: híjole — amazement
• Spanish: cho — amazement
• Spanish: bestia — amazement
• Spanish: hala — amazement
• Spanish: anda — amazement
• Spanish: asu — amazement
• Spanish: asu madre — amazement
• Spanish: asu macho — amazement
• Spanish: asu mare — amazement
• Spanish: canastos — amazement
• Swedish: oj — amazement
• Swedish: wow — amazement
• Thai: ว้าว (waaw) — amazement
• Turkish: vay — amazement
• Turkish: vay canına — amazement
• Turkish: oha! — amazement
• Ukrainian: нічого собі (ničoho sobi) — amazement
• Ukrainian: нічосі (ničosi) — amazement
• Ukrainian: вау (vau) — amazement
• Vietnamese: ồ — amazement
• Vietnamese: oa — amazement
• Vietnamese: uầy — amazement
• Welsh: waw — amazement
• Yiddish: הו־האַ! (hu-ha!) — amazement
• Zazaki: wış — amazement
• Chinese: 山口山 (Shānkǒushān) — World of Warcraft
• German: begeistern — to amaze or awe
• German: in Begeisterung versetzen — to amaze or awe
• German: tief beeindrucken — to amaze or awe
• Swedish: imponera — to amaze or awe
• Swedish: förbluffa — to amaze or awe
• Zazaki: wey lımın — to amaze or awe