uau

See also: ŭaŭ

Italian

Alternative forms

• uao

Etymology

Borrowed from English wow

Interjection

uau

1. wow

Further reading

• “uau”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈwaw/ [ˈwaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈwaw/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

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• Rhymes: -aw

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English wow.

Interjection

uau!

1. wow (exclamation of amazement)

   Synonym: (Brazil) nossa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hebrew וי״ו (vav).

Alternative forms

• waw

Noun

uau m (plural uaus)

1. vav (name of the Hebrew letter ו)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Arabic وَاو (wāw).

Alternative forms

• waw

Noun

uau m (plural uaus)

1. waw (name of the Arabic letter و (w))

Further reading

• “uau”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “uau”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English wow.

Interjection

uau

1. wow

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwau/ [ˈwau̯]
• Rhymes: -au
• Syllabification: uau

Interjection

¡uau!

1. wow (exclamation of amazement)