How to Say Surprise in Other Languages

Afrikaans: Verrassing (fer-rass-ing)

Albanian: Befasi (beh-fah-see)

Amharic: እንቅስቃሴ (en-kee-se-ka-se)

Arabic: مفاجأة (moo-fa-ja-ah)

Armenian: Զարմանք (zar-mank)

Azerbaijani: Sürpriz (sur-prees)

Basque: Ezusteko (eh-zoo-ste-ko)

Belarusian: Сюрпрыз (syur-priz)

Bengali: বিস্ময় (bis-moy)

Bosnian: Iznenađenje (iz-neh-na-djen-ye)

Bulgarian: Изненада (iz-neh-nah-da)

Burmese: အံ့သြစရာ (ah-ohn-sah-ya)

Catalan: Sorpresa (soor-preh-zah)

Cebuano: Katingalahan (kah-ting-alah-han)

Chichewa: Chosadabwitsa (choh-sah-dah-bwee-tsa)

Chinese (Mandarin): 惊喜 (jing-shee)

Corsican: Surpresa (soor-preh-zah)

Croatian: Iznenađenje (iz-neh-nah-djen-ye)

Czech: Překvapení (preh-kvah-peh-nee)

Danish: Overraskelse (oh-ver-ask-el-seh)

Dutch: Verrassing (feh-ras-ing)

Esperanto: Surprizo (soor-pree-zo)

Estonian: Üllatus (yoo-lah-tus)

Filipino: Sorpresa (sor-preh-sah)

Finnish: Yllätys (ew-lah-tus)

French: Surprise (soor-preez)

Galician: Sorpresa (soor-preh-sa)

Georgian: სიურპრიზი (see-ur-pri-zee)

German: Überraschung (oo-ber-ah-shoong)

Greek: Έκπληξη (ek-pleek-see)

Gujarati: આશ્ચર્ય (aash-chur-ya)

Haitian Creole: Sispann (sis-pahn)

Hausa: Mamaki (mah-mah-kee)

Hebrew: הפתעה (haf-ta-ah)

Hindi: आश्चर्य (aash-charya)

Hungarian: Meglepetés (meg-leh-peh-taysh)

Icelandic: Óvænting (oh-vain-ting)

Igbo: Ịtụnanya (ee-too-na-nyah)

Indonesian: Kejutan (keh-joo-tan)

Irish: Ionadh (ee-un-adh)

Italian: Sorpresa (soor-preh-za)

Japanese: 驚き (odori-ki)

Javanese: Kaget (kah-get)

Kannada: ಆಶ್ಚರ್ಯ (aash-charya)

Kazakh: Таңқалу (tang-kah-loo)

Khmer: ភ្ញាក់ផ្អើល (pnyeak-pnaul)

Korean: 놀람 (nol-lam)

Kurdish: Serxweşî (ser-khweshee)

Kyrgyz: Таң калуу (tang-kah-loo)

Lao: ແປກໃຈ (paek-chai)

Latin: Admiratio (ad-mee-rah-tsee-oh)

Latvian: Pārsteigums (par-stei-gums)

Lithuanian: Staigmena (stai-gee-meh-nah)

Luxembourgish: Iwwerraschung (ee-veh-rah-shoong)

Macedonian: Изненадување (iz-neh-nah-doo-vah-nye)

Malagasy: Fahagagana (fa-ha-ga-gana)

Malay: Kejutan (keh-joo-tan)

Malayalam: അത്ഭുതം (ad-bhu-tham)

Maltese: Sorpriża (sor-pree-zah)

Maori: Ohoroa (oh-ho-roh-ah)

Marathi: आश्चर्य (aash-charya)

Mongolian: Гайхал (gay-khal)

Nepali: अचम्म (ah-cham-ma)

Norwegian: Overraskelse (oh-ver-ask-el-seh)

Pashto: حيراني (haira-nee)

Persian: شگفتی (she-ghef-tee)

Polish: Niespodzianka (nye-spoh-djan-kah)

Portuguese: Surpresa (soor-preh-zah)

Punjabi: ਹੈਰਾਨੀ (hai-raa-nee)

Romanian: Surpriză (soor-pree-zah)

Russian: Сюрприз (syur-priz)

Samoan: Ofo (oh-foh)

Sanskrit: आश्चर्य (aash-charya)

Serbian: Изненађење (iz-neh-nah-djen-yeh)

Sesotho: Mohlolo (moh-lo-lo)

Shona: Kushamisika (koo-shah-mee-see-ka)

Sindhi: حيران (hai-raan)

Sinhala: පුදුමය (pu-du-ma-ya)

Slovak: Prekvapenie (preh-kva-peh-nyeh)

Slovenian: Presenečenje (preh-seh-neh-cheh-ny-eh)

Somali: Layaab (lah-yah-ab)

Spanish: Sorpresa (soor-preh-sah)

Sundanese: Reuwas (reh-oo-was)

Swahili: Mshangao (m-shang-ah-oh)

Swedish: Överraskning (oh-ver-ask-ning)

Tajik: Тааҷҷуб (tah-ah-jub)

Tamil: ஆச்சரியம் (ah-char-iyam)

Tatar: Сюрприз (syur-priz)

Telugu: ఆశ్చర్యం (ah-charya)

Thai: ความประหลาดใจ (kwahm-pra-lad-jai)

Tigrinya: ሕማቕ (himaq)

Turkish: Sürpriz (sur-prees)

Turkmen: Geň galdyryjy (gen-gahl-dih-ree-jih)

Ukrainian: Сюрприз (syur-priz)

Urdu: حیرت (hairat)

Uzbek: Hayron (hai-ron)

Vietnamese: Bất ngờ (but-ner)

Welsh: Syndod (sin-dod)

Xhosa: Umangaliswa (oo-mahng-gah-lee-swah)

Yoruba: Iyanu (ee-yah-noo)

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