ouch

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈaʊtʃ/

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Interjection

ouch

1. An expression of one's own physical pain.

   Ouch! You stepped on my toe! That hurt!

2. An expression in sympathy at another's pain.

   Ouch! Her sunburn looks awful.

3. A reply to an insult (frequently one that is tongue-in-cheek or joking).

   Ouch. How could you say that?

4. An expression of disappointment.

   Ouch, I really wanted to do that.

5. (slang, Australian, UK) An expression meaning something is expensive for the expressor.

   Ouch, one hundred thousand dollars for a car, I could never afford that!

Synonyms

• (in all of the above senses): ow, owie, youch, yow, yowch

Translations

expression of one's own physical pain

Afrikaans: eina Arabic: حلية (ar) (Hílya) Armenian: ախ (hy) (ax), վախ (hy) (vax) Breton: aiou (br) Bulgarian: ох (bg) Catalan: au (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 哎喲 (cmn), 哎哟 (cmn) (āiyō), 哎呀 (cmn) (āiyā) Croatian: au (hr), auć (hr), joj (hr), jao (hr) Danish: av (da) Dutch: au (nl) Finnish: ai, au, auts, auh!, aijai French: aïe (fr), ouille (fr) German: au (de), aua (de), autsch (de) Greek: αχ (el) (ach), ωχ (el) (och)

Hungarian: jaj (hu) Italian: ahi (it), ahia (it) Japanese: 痛い (itai), いて (ite), いてて (ja) (itete) Korean: 아야 (ko) Navajo: ayáo Norwegian: au (no) Polish: aua (pl), au (pl), auć (pl) Portuguese: ai (pt) Russian: ой (ru) (oj), ай (ru) (aj), ох (ru) (ox) Spanish: ay (es), uy (es) Swedish: aj (sv) Tagalog: aray, aruy, aguy, ay Telugu: అభా (te) (abhā) Vietnamese: úi da

expression in sympathy at another’s pain

Finnish: auts, auh, oi voi, oijoi, voi voi French: aïe (fr) Greek: αχ (el) (ach)

Norwegian: au da (no), uff da (no) Swedish: aj (sv), aj aj aj (sv), aj då (sv)

reply to an insult

Finnish: auts, auh French: aïe (fr)

Swedish: aj (sv)

Noun

ouch (plural ouches)

1. (obsolete) A socket or bezel holding a precious stone.
2. (obsolete) A jewel or ornament worn on the person.

Synonyms

• nouch
• ouche
• owch