hooray
interjeiçãosubstantivoverbocorrente nos diálogos
- //həˈɹeɪ//
- //hʊˈɹeɪ//
- //ˈhuːɹeɪ//
Used to express approval, joy or victory.
interjeição
- 1
Used to express approval, joy or victory.
Lizzie has broken a world record, and she is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!
- 2
goodbye.
“And I told him, ‘I even guarantee I’ll take (the girl) to the airport and put her on a plane and wave, Hooray’.”
Etimologia
Unknown, first attested in the late 17th c. Possible etymologies: * Alteration of huzzah. This is however questionable. * From hurra in German, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian, húrra in Icelandic, hoera in Dutch.
substantivo
- 1
A shout to signify victory.
- 2
An expression of excitement.
- 3
Variante de Hooray HenryEllipsis of Hooray Henry.
The Caribbean isn’t just for minor royals and hedge-fund hoorays. […] But the hurricanes had not struck the southern Caribbean (they rarely do), and the hedge fund hoorays were clearly confined to Mustique.
verbo
- 1
To shout an expression of excitement.
Formas
- plural
- hoorays
- pretérito
- hoorayed
- particípio passado
- hoorayed
- gerúndio
- hooraying
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- hoorays
hooray · Used to express approval, joy or victory.
hoot · A derisive cry or shout.Hoot · A surname.hooting · The sound of a hoot, or the occasion of producing this sound.