all of a sudden

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔl əv ə ˈsʌdən/

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Adverb

all of a sudden (not comparable)

1. (set phrase, colloquial) Suddenly, quickly, without warning.

   Synonyms: all at once, at one stroke, in one fell swoop, just like that, out of the blue

   All of a sudden I felt very hot and tired.

   • 2016 December 19, Moe! Ninja Girls, Japan: NTT Solmare, via iOS, Android, scene: Season 3, Chapter 3:

     ― Enju: “Wh-What?! What are you saying all of a sudden?! Idiot! Hentai!”

Alternative forms

• all of the sudden
• all the sudden
• all on a sudden (Scotland)
• of a sudden
• on a sudden (obsolete)
• upon a sudden (obsolete)

Translations

colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly

• Arabic: فَجْأَةً (fajʔatan)
• Bashkir: ҡапыл (qapıl), кинәт (kinət)
• Bengali: হঠাৎ (hoṭhat)
• Catalan: de cop, en sec, de sobte (ca), de bursada, d'improvís (ca), tot d'una (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 突然 (zh) (tūrán), 忽然 (zh) (hūrán), 一下子 (zh) (yīxiàzi)

• Czech: najednou (cs)
• Danish: pludselig (da)
• Dutch: plotseling (nl), opeens (nl), ineens (nl)
• Finnish: yhtäkkiä (fi), äkkiä (fi), äkkiarvaamatta, äkisti (fi)
• French: soudain (fr), soudainement (fr), subitement (fr), tout à coup (fr), tout d’un coup (fr)
• Georgian: უეცრად (uecrad), უცბად (ucbad)
• German: auf einmal, mit einem Mal (de)
• Greek: ξαφνικά (el) (xafniká)

  Ancient: αἶψα (aîpsa), ἐξαπίνης (exapínēs)

• Gujarati: અચાનક (acānak)
• Hebrew: פִּתְאוֹם (he) (pit'óm)
• Hindi: अचानक (hi) (acānak)
• Hungarian: hirtelen (hu), váratlanul (hu), egyszer csak, egyszerre csak
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• Icelandic: allt í einu (is)
• Indonesian: tiba-tiba
• Italian: all'improvviso (it), see also Thesaurus:improvvisamente
• Japanese: 突然 (ja) (とつぜん, totsuzen), 突然に (とつぜんに, totsuzen ni), 行き成り (いきなり, ikinari)
• Korean: 갑자기 (ko) (gapjagi), 불현듯 (ko) (bulhyeondeut), 불현듯이 (ko) (bulhyeondeusi)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ji nişkê ve (ku)

• Latvian: pēkšņi
• Norwegian: plutselig (no)
• Polish: nagle (pl)
• Portuguese: subitamente (pt), de repente (pt), repentinamente (pt)
• Romanian: deodată (ro), dintr-o dată
• Russian: вдруг (ru) (vdrug), внеза́пно (ru) (vnezápno), неожи́данно (ru) (neožídanno), ра́зом (ru) (rázom)
• Scottish Gaelic: gu grad
• Spanish: de repente (es), súbitamente (es), de pronto, de golpe (es), de golpe y porrazo, de buenas a primeras (es), al primer envite
• Swedish: plötsligt (sv)
• Tulu: ಗಡಕ್ಕ (gaḍakka)
• Turkish: birden (tr)
• Zazaki: nıskêra