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Old May 08, 2011, 08:48 PM
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¿Qué significa esta exclamación?
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Old May 08, 2011, 09:46 PM
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¿Qué significa esta exclamación?
"Whew!" or "phew!".

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Old May 14, 2011, 10:16 PM
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Does it come from Uff da?
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Old May 14, 2011, 10:42 PM
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Does it come from Uff da?
No, it's an onomatopoeia.

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Old May 14, 2011, 10:49 PM
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Oh yeah, that makes sense.

In English we have "oof", but it's not used very much, and almost never in writing.
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No, it's an onomatopoeia.
I don't think it is. Onomatopoeia is the naming of something from the noise associated with it, such as cuckoo or screech. These words are part of the grammar of a sentence, but "phew" is not, and I think it is an interjection.

I feel irritable this morning, so I'll add that onomatopoeia is uncountable.
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=Perikles;110618]I don't think it is. Onomatopoeia is the naming of something from the noise associated with it, such as cuckoo or screech. These words are part of the grammar of a sentence, but "phew" is not, and I think it is an interjection.
I was talking about the Spanish "uff" or "uf":

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uf.
(Voz onomat.).

1. interj. U. para denotar cansancio, fastidio o sofocación.

2. interj. Indica repugnancia.

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I feel irritable this morning, so I'll add that onomatopoeia is uncountable.
From Wikipedia (even though some people here don't think this source is reliable and accurate):

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An onomatopoeia or onomatopœia [....] is a word that imitates or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.

---> Onomatopoeia (as an uncountable noun) refers to the property of such words.

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Old May 15, 2011, 01:12 PM
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(Voz onomat.).
Ah - but you were speaking in English - not quite the same.
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Well "oof" in English would definitely be onomonpeia.
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Ah - but you were speaking in English - not quite the same.
Ah - but you're supposed to answer in the same language the question was asked

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Old May 15, 2011, 02:07 PM
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Ah - but you're supposed to answer in the same language the question was asked

OK - you win this time.
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