hella

See also Hella, hellä, and hella-

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Related to "a hell of a". Originally Northern California slang. Also helluv.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈhɛl.lə/

Adjective

hella (not comparable)

1. (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.

   There are hella people here.

2. (slang, chiefly Northern California) a lot; or, a hell of a lot.

   We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.

Synonyms

• (Intensifier; much or many): mad

Adverb

hella (not comparable)

1. (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies verbs); to a large extent; totally; very much.

   I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.

   Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.

   Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.

2. (slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies adjectives); to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.

   I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.

   I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.

Synonyms

• (extremely, modifies adjectives): wicked (NE US)

Interjection

hella

1. (slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.

   "We definitely rocked that shit man!" "Hella!"

Related terms

• hecka (bowdlerization)
• helluv
• helluva

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Etymology 2

Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "hell have", approximating casual speech in writing.

Contraction

hella

1. (nonstandard) Hell have.

   Where the hella you been?

References

• Waksler, Rachelle (San Francisco State University), "A HELLA New Specifier". [1]

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Finnish

Etymology

From the noun helle.

Noun

hella

1. range (for cooking)
2. oven

Declension

Declension of hella (type kala) singular plural nominative hella hellat genitive hellan hellojen hellain1 partitive hellaa helloja accusative hella hellan hellat inessive hellassa helloissa elative hellasta helloista illative hellaan helloihin adessive hellalla helloilla ablative hellalta helloilta allative hellalle helloille essive hellana helloina translative hellaksi helloiksi instructive – helloin abessive hellatta helloitta comitative – helloineen 1) Rare.

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Icelandic

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Noun

hella f (genitive singular hellu, plural hellur)

1. a paver; a stone or cast slab, a paving block

   Að leggja hellur.

   To pave.

Derived terms

Concrete paver blocks in a circular pattern.

• eldunarhella (a hob)
• fá hellu fyrir eyrun (to get one's ears stopped up)
• fyrri neðan allar hellur
• hella niður
• hellanleiki (pourability)
• helluleggja
• rafmagnssteikingarhella (electric griddle grill)
• steypt hella (cast stone, concrete paving unit)
• suðuhella (boiling ring)

Verb

hella weak verb (third person singular past indicative hellti, supine hellt)

1. (transitive, governs the dative) to pour

   Ég hellti öllu gosinu þínu.

   I poured all your soda.

Derived terms

• hella í
• hella niður
• hella upp á, hella upp á könnuna
• hella sér yfir