olé

See also: ole, Ole, OLE, öle, Öle, -ole, and 'Ole

English

Etymology

From the Spanish olé.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʊˈleɪ/

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• Homophone: olay

Interjection

olé

1. An expression of excitement. Hooray!

Translations

Expression

• French: olé (fr)
• Japanese: オーレ (ōre)
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• Spanish: olé (es)

Anagrams

• EOL, Elo, LEO, Leo, Loe, OEL, elo, leo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈle/ [oˈle]

Etymology 1

Unknown. Often supposed to be from Arabic الله (allāh, “God!”), used e.g. to express surprise, excitement, etc., and/or from related والله (“by God!”), used as an oath or strong agreement. The Spanish Arabist Federico Corriente, however, described this derivation as "falsos arabismos" (false Arabism) in his work Diccionario de Arabismos y Voces Afines en Iberorromance.

Interjection

olé

1. an expression of encouragement and approval

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

olé

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of oler

Further reading

• “olé”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014