ouch

English

Etymology 1

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, Australia, New Zealand, UK) Expressing surprise at the high price of something.

   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) (oh)
• Catalan: au (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哎喲 (cmn), 哎哟 (cmn) (āiyō), 哎呀 (cmn) (āiyā)

• Danish: av (da)
• Dutch: au (nl)
• Esperanto: aj (eo), uj (eo)
• 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)
• Indonesian: aduh (id)
• Italian: ahi (it), ahia (it)
• Japanese: 痛い (itai), いて (ite), いてて (ja) (itete)

• Kimaragang: odoi
• Korean: 아야 (ko)
• Malay:

  Rumi: aduh (ms)

  Jawi: ادوه (ms)

• Navajo: ayáo
• Norwegian: au (no)
• Pashto: وخ (ps) (wax), وئ (ps) (wëy)
• Persian: آخ (fa) (âx), آی (fa) (ây)
• Polish: aua (pl), au (pl), auć (pl)
• Portuguese: ai (pt), au (pt)
• Russian: ой (ru) (oj), ай (ru) (aj), ох (ru) (ox), ауч (ru) (áuč) (neologism)
• Serbo-Croatian: au (sh), auć (sh), joj (sh), jao (sh)
• 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)
• Malay:

  Rumi: aduh (ms) / adoi (ms) / waduh (ms)

  Jawi: ادوه (ms) / ادوي (ms) / وادوه (ms)

• Norwegian: au da (no), uff da (no)
• Pashto: وخ (ps) (wax), وئ (ps) (wëy)
• Swedish: aj (sv), aj aj aj (sv), aj då (sv)

reply to an insult

• Finnish: auts, auh
• French: aïe (fr)
• Malay:

  Rumi: aduh (ms) / adoi (ms) / waduh (ms)

  Jawi: ادوه (ms) / ادوي (ms) / وادوه (ms)

• Pashto: وخ (ps) (wax), وئ (ps) (wëy)
• Swedish: aj (sv)

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

ouch (plural ouches)

1. Alternative form of ouche.