Boo
//buː//
Translations of "boo" (31 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | ἰεῦ(exclamation used by a member of an audience) | ieû | |
| Catalan | bu(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), ua(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), esbroncada(derisive shout), esbroncar(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | — | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 噓 /嘘(exclamation used by a member of an audience), 柴臺 /柴台(exclamation used by a member of an audience), 㗾(derisive shout), 㗾(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), 㗾(to shout boos at (transitive)) | heoi¹, caai⁴ toi⁴, hoe¹ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 吁(exclamation used by a member of an audience), 哇(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), 喝倒彩(exclamation used by a member of an audience), 喲 /哟(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), 嘣(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), 嘿(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), 噓 /嘘(exclamation used by a member of an audience), 噓聲 /嘘声(exclamation used by a member of an audience), 喝倒彩(derisive shout), 噓聲 /嘘声(derisive shout), 喝倒彩(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), 噓 /嘘(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | yū, wà, hèdàocǎi, yò, bèng, hèi, xū, xūshēng, hèdàocǎi, xūshēng, hèdàocǎi, xū | |
| Czech | baf(loud exclamation intended to scare someone) | — | |
| Dutch | boe(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), boe(exclamation used by a member of an audience), boegeroep(derisive shout) | — | |
| Esperanto | hu(exclamation used by a member of an audience), hui(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | — | |
| Finnish | buu(exclamation used by a member of an audience), huu(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), huu(word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared), pöö(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), pöö(word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared), buuaus(derisive shout), buuata(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), buuata(to shout boos at (transitive)) | — | |
| French | bouh(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), bouh(exclamation used by a member of an audience), hou(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), huer(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | — | |
| Galician | bu(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), apupar(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), apupar(to shout boos at (transitive)) | — | |
| German | buh(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), buh(word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared), buh(exclamation used by a member of an audience), Buhruf(derisive shout), ausbuhen(to shout boos at (transitive)), buhen(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | — | |
| Greek | μπου(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), ου(exclamation used by a member of an audience), μπου(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | bou, ou, bou | |
| Hebrew | בּוּז(exclamation used by a member of an audience), בָּז(to shout boos at (transitive)) | búz, baz | |
| Hungarian | hu(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), hu(word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared), pfuj(exclamation used by a member of an audience), kifütyülés(derisive shout), lehurrogás(derisive shout), pfujolás(derisive shout), kifütyül(to shout boos at (transitive)), lehurrog(to shout boos at (transitive)), pfujol(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | — | |
| Icelandic | bö(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), bö(word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared), bú(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), bú(word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared), ú(exclamation used by a member of an audience), púa(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), púa út(to shout boos at (transitive)) | — | |
| Irish | faíreach(derisive shout), bí ag faíreach(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), bí ag faíreach faoi(to shout boos at (transitive)) | — | |
| Japanese | ばあ(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), ブー(exclamation used by a member of an audience), ブー(derisive shout), ブーイング(derisive shout), ブーイングする(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), 野次る(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | baa, bū, bū, būingu, būingu suru, yajiru | |
| Korean | 부(loud exclamation intended to scare someone) | bu | |
| Macedonian | бу(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), уа(exclamation used by a member of an audience), исвиркување(derisive shout), исвиркува(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), исвиркува(to shout boos at (transitive)), исвиркува(to shout boos at (transitive)) | bu, ua, isvirkuvanje, isvirkuva, isvirkuva, isvirkuva | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | bue(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), bue på(to shout boos at (transitive)), bue ut(to shout boos at (transitive)) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | bu(exclamation used by a member of an audience) | — | |
| Polish | bu(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), wygwizdać(to shout boos at (transitive)), wygwizdywać(to shout boos at (transitive)) | — | |
| Portuguese | bu(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), bu(word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared), bu(exclamation used by a member of an audience), apupo(derisive shout), vaia(derisive shout), apupar(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), vaiar(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | — | |
| Romanian | bau(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), bau(word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared), huo(exclamation used by a member of an audience) | — | |
| Russian | бу(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), фу(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), шш(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), осви́стывание(derisive shout), ши́канье(derisive shout), заши́кать(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), осви́стывать(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), осви́стывать(to shout boos at (transitive)), освиста́ть(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), освиста́ть(to shout boos at (transitive)), ши́кать(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | bu, fu, šš, osvístyvanije, šíkanʹje, zašíkatʹ, osvístyvatʹ, osvístyvatʹ, osvistátʹ, osvistátʹ, šíkatʹ | |
| Scottish Gaelic | bo(loud exclamation intended to scare someone) | — | |
| Spanish | bu(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), uuh(word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared), abucheo(derisive shout), befa(derisive shout), abuchear(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)) | — | |
| Swedish | bu(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), bu(word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared), bu(exclamation used by a member of an audience), Boo(locality in Sweden), burop(derisive shout), bua(to shout boos derisively (intransitive)), bua ut(to shout boos at (transitive)) | — | |
| Turkish | bö(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), yuh(exclamation used by a member of an audience) | — | |
| Vietnamese | hù(loud exclamation intended to scare someone) | — | |
| Welsh | bw(loud exclamation intended to scare someone), bw(exclamation used by a member of an audience) | — |
bu, ua, esbroncada, esbroncar
吁, 哇, 喝倒彩, 喲 /哟, 嘣, 嘿, 噓 /嘘, 噓聲 /嘘声, 喝倒彩, 噓聲 /嘘声, 喝倒彩, 噓 /嘘
yū, wà, hèdàocǎi, yò, bèng, hèi, xū, xūshēng, hèdàocǎi, xūshēng, hèdàocǎi, xū
baf
boe, boe, boegeroep
hu, hui
buu, huu, huu, pöö, pöö, buuaus, buuata, buuata
bouh, bouh, hou, huer
bu, apupar, apupar
buh, buh, buh, Buhruf, ausbuhen, buhen
hu, hu, pfuj, kifütyülés, lehurrogás, pfujolás, kifütyül, lehurrog, pfujol
bö, bö, bú, bú, ú, púa, púa út
faíreach, bí ag faíreach, bí ag faíreach faoi
бу, уа, исвиркување, исвиркува, исвиркува, исвиркува
bu, ua, isvirkuvanje, isvirkuva, isvirkuva, isvirkuva
bue, bue på, bue ut
bu, wygwizdać, wygwizdywać
bu, bu, bu, apupo, vaia, apupar, vaiar
bau, bau, huo
бу, фу, шш, осви́стывание, ши́канье, заши́кать, осви́стывать, осви́стывать, освиста́ть, освиста́ть, ши́кать
bu, fu, šš, osvístyvanije, šíkanʹje, zašíkatʹ, osvístyvatʹ, osvístyvatʹ, osvistátʹ, osvistátʹ, šíkatʹ
bu, uuh, abucheo, befa, abuchear
bu, bu, bu, Boo, burop, bua, bua ut
bö, yuh
bw, bw
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