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hooray

hooray

English

Alternative forms

hurray, hurrah, huzzah

Interjection

hooray

Used to express approval, joy or victory.
Lizzie has broken a world record, and is now an Olympic medallist! – Hooray!‎

Synonyms

(expression of approval): see Wikisaurus:well done
(expression of joy): see Wikisaurus:yay

Translations

elated expression of approval

Chinese:
Mandarin: 好哇 (zh) ‎(hǎowā), 萬歲 (zh), 万岁 (zh) ‎(wànsuì)
Czech: hurá
Dutch: hoera (nl)
Esperanto: hura
Finnish: hurraa
French: hourra !
German: hurra!
Hebrew: !הידד ‎(heidad)
Icelandic: húrra!
Irish: abú
Italian: urrà

Japanese: やった ‎(yatta), 万歳 (ja) ‎(ばんざい, banzai)
Korean: 만세 (ko) ‎(manse) (萬歲 (ko))
Latin: euge n
Norwegian: hurra
Polish: hura (pl)
Portuguese: viva! (pt)
Russian: ура́ (ru) ‎(urá), сла́ва (ru) ‎(sláva)
Spanish: ¡hurra!, ¡viva!
Swedish: hurra (sv)
Turkish: hurra (tr)
Ukrainian: ура ‎(urá), слава (uk) ‎(sláva)
Vietnamese: hoan hô (vi), vạn tuế (vi) (萬歲)

Derived terms

Noun

hooray ‎(plural hoorays)

A shout to signify victory.
An expression of excitement.

Translations

a shout to signify victory

German: Hurra (de) n
Norwegian: hurra n

Portuguese: viva (pt) m
Swedish: hurrarop

an expression of excitement

German: Hurra (de) n
Norwegian: hurra n

Portuguese: viva (pt) m
Swedish: hurra (sv), hurrarop

Verb

hooray ‎(third-person singular simple present hoorays, present participle hooraying, simple past and past participle hoorayed)

To shout an expression of excitement.

Translations

to shout an expression of excitement

German: Hurra rufen
Norwegian: rope hurra

Portuguese: vivar
Swedish: hurra (sv)

Synonyms

hurrah

Anagrams

yarooh