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ahă
aha (interjection expressing sudden realization, satisfaction, or mocking triumph) /aˈhə/
other#2838 most common
Also: gotcha, I see, so that's it
Example sentences
Ahă, te-am prins!
Aha, I caught you!
Ahă, deci tu ai luat cheile mele!
Aha, so you're the one who took my keys!
Ahă, acum înțeleg de ce n-ai venit ieri la școală.
Aha, now I understand why you didn't come to school yesterday.
Ahă, exclamă el, mulțumit că avusese dreptate de la bun început.
Aha, he exclaimed, pleased that he had been right from the start.
Ahă, zise bătrânul, clătinând din cap cu un aer batjocoritor.
Aha, said the old man, shaking his head with a mocking air.
Ahă, murmură judecătorul, de parcă tocmai găsise dovada care lipsea din dosar.
Aha, murmured the judge, as if he had just found the missing evidence in the file.
Word family
ahah, oh (surprise or pain)
aoleuoh dear, ouch (distress)
eheiah well (wistful realization)
vaioh no, alasEtymology
Ahă is an expressive, onomatopoeic interjection built on the base exclamation ah, with the added final vowel giving it a distinct, drawn-out sound. Words of this kind arise from imitating the sound a speaker makes at a moment of insight or mockery, rather than descending through regular sound change from an older root. Similar short vocalic interjections meaning roughly the same thing appear independently across many unrelated languages.
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