híjole

Spanish

Etymology

Shortened version of hijo de puta (“son of a bitch”) plus the pronoun le used as an suffix.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈixole/

Interjection

¡híjole!

(Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua) used to denote surprise or the state of being impressed, similar to wow or whoa

Further reading

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

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