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In the language I’m learning: Łał - polish

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[–] therealverobiscuit@piefed.social 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

in my moms language: «ого!»
«вау!»
«супер!» (impressed by something ig) "super!"

oh and ух ты! i think is like a whoa or an "oh wow!'

[–] BobQuasit@beehaw.org 2 points 2 hours ago
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 hours ago
[–] grranibal@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

Portuguese: “Uau” (woo-ah-oo)

[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

bouuuudi ! short form of "boun dioù", or "good god"

Or just... ouah

[–] crypto@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Hadriscus@jlai.lu 1 points 1 hour ago

oui ! ma mamie en faisait grand usage (elle était de Lunel)

[–] halfdane@lemmy.world 4 points 10 hours ago
[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] beercupcake@sopuli.xyz 1 points 12 hours ago

Łał!
Wow!
O ja Cię kręcę! O chuj/kurwa!
Ja jebe!

Obv last two are casual :D
Gg on taking up polish, not easy language to learn

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

holy fucking shit!

[–] RelativePlatypus@piefed.world 20 points 1 day ago

great googly moogly

[–] BC_viper@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

By imitating Owen Wilson "woooowwww"

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 3 points 1 day ago

I've always considered myself a Waaaaaaow Owen Wilson kind of gal.

[–] VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml 8 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Wow! or Wahnsinn! or Krass! - German

[–] wieson@feddit.org 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] helix@feddit.org 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] VoxAliorum@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 hours ago

I didn't know how to write it, but it also crossed my mind. "TschüÜSCH!" felt very wrong.

[–] Dis32@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Hala! is wow in Tagalog, Filipino language

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 8 points 1 day ago

Ay Caramba!

[–] Kiki@leminal.space 4 points 22 hours ago

Ammata udu! (Ammata means "to mom", no idea what udu means)

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 6 points 1 day ago

Vau in lithuanian :3

[–] NachBarcelona@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago
[–] BilboTBaggin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago
[–] fakir@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago
[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 3 points 1 day ago

But that's just the polish, phonetic way of "wow". Like saying "uao" in norwegian. But considering that's a foreign word our equivalent would be more like "dæven", a soft variation of "Devil".

Basically "What the devil?!"

[–] abbadon420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago
[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Vaŭ

In Esperanto

[–] DemBoSain@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

"Holy Wah!"

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

In my family, it's always been "Ho-ly shit!"

[–] eksb@programming.dev 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)