"wao" meaning in Spanish

See wao in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈwao/, [ˈwa.o]
Rhymes: -ao Etymology: Borrowed from English wow. Etymology templates: {{bor+|es|en|wow}} Borrowed from English wow Head templates: {{head|es|interjection}} wao
  1. (Dominican Republic, US, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru) wow Tags: Cuba, Dominican-Republic, Ecuador, El-Salvador, Panama, Peru, Puerto-Rico, US, Venezuela Synonyms: wow, guao
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "wow"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English wow",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English wow.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "wao",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "wa‧o"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cuban Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Dominican Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ecuadorian Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 7 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Panamanian Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Peruvian Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Puerto Rican Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Salvadorian Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "United States Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Venezuelan Spanish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wow"
      ],
      "id": "en-wao-es-intj-ttyTMxG8",
      "links": [
        [
          "wow",
          "wow"
        ]
      ],
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        "(Dominican Republic, US, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru) wow"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wow"
        },
        {
          "word": "guao"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cuba",
        "Dominican-Republic",
        "Ecuador",
        "El-Salvador",
        "Panama",
        "Peru",
        "Puerto-Rico",
        "US",
        "Venezuela"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwao/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwa.o]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ao"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wao"
}
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "wow"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from English wow",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from English wow.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "interjection"
      },
      "expansion": "wao",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "wa‧o"
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
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        "Dominican Spanish",
        "Ecuadorian Spanish",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
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        "Peruvian Spanish",
        "Puerto Rican Spanish",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ao",
        "Rhymes:Spanish/ao/2 syllables",
        "Salvadorian Spanish",
        "Spanish 2-syllable words",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish interjections",
        "Spanish lemmas",
        "Spanish terms borrowed from English",
        "Spanish terms derived from English",
        "Spanish terms spelled with W",
        "Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "United States Spanish",
        "Venezuelan Spanish"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wow"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wow",
          "wow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Dominican Republic, US, Puerto Rico, El Salvador, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru) wow"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wow"
        },
        {
          "word": "guao"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cuba",
        "Dominican-Republic",
        "Ecuador",
        "El-Salvador",
        "Panama",
        "Peru",
        "Puerto-Rico",
        "US",
        "Venezuela"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwao/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈwa.o]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ao"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wao"
}

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