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Definition: Surprise |
SurpriseNoun1. The astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you. 2. A sudden unexpected event. 3. The act of surprising someone. Verb1. Take unawares or by surprise; cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me". 2. Take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene". 3. Attack by storm; attack suddenly. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "surprise" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Uses of the word "surprise":
- emotion; see also Emotion theory
- an unexpected presentation of a gift or good news; also one may expect to receive a gift, but does not know what: it is kept secret, because it is a surprise.
- surprise attack or ambush: assault that is not expected by the victim, giving the attacker the advantage that no defense has been prepared, or that there is less alertness in applying the defense; thus it is essential to keep a plan for such an assault secret. Examples are the Attack on Pearl Harbor and September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack;
- Surprise, Arizona
- Surprise, Nebraska
- Surprise (album)
- Kinder Surprise (confectionery with toy)
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Surprise is Better Than Ezra's first album. The album was released on cassette-only on October 3, 1989 on Swell Records
Tracks
- Ezra Pound
- CDU
- Favorite Blanket
- Tremble
- Winter Coats
- Hold Me Down
- Rearranging The Bones
- And We're Fine
- Circle Of Friends
- Bag Of Cobras
- Burning The Maps
- Devil Girl
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The Surprise Symphony is another name for Joseph Haydn's symphony no. 94. Haydn was well known for putting "jokes" in his music, and this symphony is no exception: He inserted a loud "surprise" chord near the beginning of the second movement after a relatively tranquil opening. After the chord, the music immediately quiets down again, leaving the audience bewildered.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Surprise Symphony."
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Surprise is a city located in Maricopa County, Arizona. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 30,848.Geography
Surprise is located at 33°39'6" North, 112°23'50" West (33.651785, -112.397197)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 180.0 km² (69.5 mi²). 180.0 km² (69.5 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.03% water.Demographics
As of the census2 of 2000, there are 30,848 people, 12,484 households, and 9,725 families residing in the city. The population density is 171.4/km² (443.9/mi²). There are 16,260 housing units at an average density of 90.3/km² (234.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 85.97% White, 2.61% Black or African American, 0.43% Native American, 1.07% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 7.87% from other races, and 1.99% from two or more races. 23.29% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 12,484 households out of which 21.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.5% are married couples living together, 5.4% have a female householder with no husband present, and 22.1% are non-families. 17.9% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.46 and the average family size is 2.75. In the city the population is spread out with 19.9% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 22.4% from 25 to 44, 25.3% from 45 to 64, and 25.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 46 years. For every 100 females there are 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.9 males. The median income for a household in the city is $44,156, and the median income for a family is $47,899. Males have a median income of $33,079 versus $26,347 for females. The per capita income for the city is $21,451. 8.7% of the population and 5.6% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 16.7% are under the age of 18 and 3.3% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Surprise, Arizona."
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Surprise is a village located in Butler County, Nebraska. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 44.Geography
Surprise is located at 41°6'16" North, 97°18'32" West (41.104403, -97.308948)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²). 1.0 km² (0.4 mi²) of it is land and none of it is covered by water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 44 people, 18 households, and 12 families residing in the village. The population density is 42.5/km² (110.1/mi²). There are 22 housing units at an average density of 21.2/km² (55.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the village is 100.00% White, 0.00% African American, 0.00% Native American, 0.00% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.00% from two or more races. 0.00% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 18 households out of which 44.4% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.0% are married couples living together, 16.7% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.3% are non-families. 33.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.1% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.44 and the average family size is 3.17. In the village the population is spread out with 27.3% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 25.0% from 45 to 64, and 9.1% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females there are 100.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 77.8 males. The median income for a household in the village is $26,667, and the median income for a family is $29,375. Males have a median income of $23,750 versus $11,667 for females. The per capita income for the village is $11,978. 19.6% of the population and 13.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 22.2% are under the age of 18 and 0.0% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Surprise, Nebraska."
Synonyms: SurpriseSynonyms: surprisal (n), storm (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cunning | Verb: be cunning; Adjective: have cut one's eyeteeth; contrive; (plan); live by one's wits; maneuver; intrigue, gerrymander, finesse, double, temporize, stoop to conquer, reculer pour mieux sauter, circumvent, steal a march upon; overreach; throw off one's guard; surprise; snatch a verdict; waylay, undermine, introduce the thin end of the wedge; play a deep game, play tricks with; ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces; flatter, make things pleasant; have an ax to grind. |
Inexpectation | Verb: not expect; be taken by surprise; start; miscalculate; not bargain for; come upon, fall upon. |
Unpleasant surprise, pleasant surprise. | |
Surprise, sudden burst, thunderclap, blow, shock, start; bolt out of the blue; wonder; eye opener. | |
Surprise, startle, take aback, electrify, stun, stagger, take away one's breath, throw off one's guard; astonish, dumbfound; (strike with wonder). | |
Be unexpected; Adjective: come unawares; adVerb: turn up, pop, drop from the clouds; come upon one, burst upon one, flash upon one, bounce upon one, steal upon one, creep upon one; come like a thunder clap, burst like a thunderclap, thunder bolt; take by surprise, catch by surprise, catch unawares, catch napping; yach. | |
Sociality | Party, entertainment, reception, levee, at, home, conversazione, soiree, matin_e; evening party, morning party, afternoon party, bridge party, garden party, surprise party; kettle, kettle drum; partie carr_e, dish of tea, ridotto, rout; housewarming; ball, festival; smoker, smoker-party;sociable, stag party, hen party, tamasha; tea-party, tea-fight. (amusement); " the feast of reason and the flow of soul ". |
Wonder | Take by surprise; (be unexpected). |
Surprise, astonish, amaze, astound; dumfound, dumfounder; startle, dazzle; daze; strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe; electrify; stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb; make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth; make one stare. | |
Noun: wonder, marvel; astonishment, amazement, wonderment, bewilderment; amazedness; Adjective: admiration, awe; stupor, stupefaction; stound, fascination; sensation; surprise; (inexpectation) O. | |
Adverb: wonderfully; Adjective: fearfully; for a wonder, in the name of wonder; strange to say; mirabile dictu, mirabile visu; to one's great surprise. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Surprise |
| Specialty definitions using "surprise": Bertolde, blow your wad, Business Software Alliance ♦ Cries ♦ glork, Golly Gosh, Gossip ♦ IMPROBABILITY ♦ Lead ♦ Molly Maguires, Myrrh ♦ neat hack ♦ Olibrius ♦ PROVINCIALISMS ♦ SCIMETAR, serial, SWEATING ♦ Vault ♦ What the Frag? ♦ Yow!. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "surprise": surprisal. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Surprise" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (surprise), French (astonishment, bombshell, eye opener, shock, suddenness, surprise, treat). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) What a surprise. And in distinguished company all wearing gas masks (Moonraker; writing credit: Christopher Wood) We have the element of surprise. What does Loveless have (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas) Surprise me. (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) It's not a secret, it's a surprise. (Die Another Day; writing credit: Neal Purvis) | |
Lyrics | Oh my starry eyed surprise, sundown to sunrise (Starry Eyed Surprise; performing artist: Paul Oakenfold) Pushing phat rides, it's no surprise (No Diggity; performing artist: Blackstreet) I'm gonna take you by surprise and make you realize, (Amanda; performing artist: Boston) When you're looking up it's no surprise (Dreamtime; performing artist: Daryl Hall) It's no surprise (Love Bites; performing artist: Def Leppard) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Take Her by Surprise (1967) Caught by Surprise (1964) Your Surprise Package (1961) The Big Surprise (1955) Your Surprise Store (1952) | |
Song Titles | Surprise! (performing artist: Mitchell Burnside Clapp) Starry Eyed Surprise (performing artist: Paul Oakenfold) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | "Surprise in a Box" by Hassan Sedaghat. |  | Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) have found, to their surprise, that a ... Credit: NASA. |
 | To the surprise and delight of astronomers, the Hubble telescope discovered a small armada ... Credit: NASA. |  | Green turtle dragging Dr. Jim McVey under during tagging process This was an ad hoc maneuver - complete surprise to the human participant. Credit: Small World. |
 | New uses for cornstarch continue to surprise us. for example, when ARS scientists married starch to a synthetic chemical, they managed to create a product so thirsty, it could absorb hundreds of times its own weight in water. Someone called it SuperSlurper, and the name stuck. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |  | A vivouack in safety or Florida troops preventing a surprise. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Aided by the surprise of his onslaught, Lanyard succeeded in disarming the spy. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Woman embracing ghostly man to the surprise of onlookers. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A surprise party. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Presidential Range from Mt. Surprise, Gorham, White Mountains. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Surprise" by Vi Xs Commentary: "Duotone - Expression." | "Sammy surprise" by Ariel C. Commentary: "Sammy surprise." |
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 | String orchestration for a cinematic moment of surprise. | | Reaction of startled surprise; a hawk whistle when first played. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Aristotle | The secret to humor is surprise. |
Bishop Robert South | Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience. |
Francis Bacon | A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. |
Golo Mann | Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him. |
Jean De La Fontaine | Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. |
Miguel De Cervantes | Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense. |
Thomas Erskine | The Press, my Lords, is one of our great out-sentries; if we remove it, if we hoodwink it, if we throw it in fetters, the enemy may surprise us. |
Voltaire | The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Alice in Wonderland | Carroll, Lewis | Alice noticed, with some surprise, that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor, and a bright idea came into her head |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | For he wished to challenge the Spirit on the moment of its appearance, and did not wish to be taken by surprise, and made nervous |
Last Chance To See | Douglas Adams | My role, and one for which I was entirely qualified, was to be an extremely ignorant non-zoologist to whom everything that happened would come as a complete surprise. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Gathering himself quickly up, he stood more erect, like a man taken by surprise in a mood to which he was reluctant to have witnesses |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | At the sound of his footsteps the old man turned his head, and his face expressed as much surprise as one can feel after a long life |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Would that surprise you |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The surprise was mutual |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Surprise may increase the sensitivity of the patient. (references) | |
It may surprise you to learn that you don't need to drink much alcohol before your ability to drive becomes impaired. (references) | ||
Business | As a result, it is no surprise that highly transformed products represent only 5% of Polish exports. (references) | |
We have learned that some time ago, some local public health centers carried out a surprise inspection of retail outlets. (references) | ||
Thus, it is no surprise that, of the 200 JV HCPs in operation, only 78 are reportedly registered with the central government. (references) | ||
Economic History | South Korea | In a surprise move, on June 29, ruling party presidential candidate Roh Tae Woo announced the implementation of democratic reforms. (references) |
Australia | Telstra still remains the dominant investment provider and with 99% of Australia's 10 million-plus telephone lines, it is no surprise. (references) | |
Colombia | However, such a fast recovery and growth took by surprise supervisory authorities who did not adjust on time to the new financial landscape. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | There also were reports that the police move prisoners from one police station to another if they suspect a surprise visit by higher authorities. (references) |
Nepal | On the night of November 23, Maoist insurgents launched a series of surprise attacks on police, army, and other government facilities in a number of districts. (references) | |
Minorities | Turkmenistan | The societal attitude toward conversion from Islam to any other religion generally is surprise, and often disapproval. (references) |
Worker Rights | Benin | In August the Government declared illegal a strike by customs officers protesting a surprise anticorruption inspection by the Finance Ministry. (references) |
Mali | The authorities enforce the Labor Code provisions through the use of labor inspectors from the Ministry of Employment, Public Service, and Labor who conduct surprise inspections and complaint-based inspections; however, resource limitations restricted the frequency and effectiveness of oversight by the Labor Inspection Service, and the Service operated only in the modern sector. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SERIAL, n. A literary work, usually a story that is not true, creeping through several issues of a newspaper or magazine. Frequently appended to each installment is a "synposis of preceding chapters" for those who have not read them, but a direr need is a synposis of succeeding chapters for those who do not intend to read them. A synposis of the entire work would be still better. The late James F. Bowman was writing a serial tale for a weekly paper in collaboration with a genius whose name has not come down to us. They wrote, not jointly but alternately, Bowman supplying the installment for one week, his friend for the next, and so on, world without end, they hoped. Unfortunately they quarreled, and one Monday morning when Bowman read the paper to prepare himself for his task, he found his work cut out for him in a way to surprise and pain him. His collaborator had embarked every character of the narrative on a ship and sunk them all in the deepest part of the Atlantic. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Cast of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" | Well then you're in for a little surprise, because if you push me, then I just might have to push back. Hard. |
Liza Minnelli | I didn't know that he dug me. I mean, I knew I dug him and that didn't surprise me at all. Everybody digs David. |
Patty Hearst | Well, of course I would be a witness. I was going to be a witness in Los Angeles. I don't think there's any surprise in that. |
Robert Novak | There was some surprise, Senator, that Iran was listed among those three nations, and the report had been that it was because of the alleged participation of the government in the arms shipment to terrorists in Israel. |
Rush Limbaugh | If you make a charge against Republicans, from the October Surprise to Clarence Thomas, you don't need a shred of evidence. |
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James Monroe | 1817-1825 | That this atrocious practice should be carried to such extent is cause of equal surprise and regret. |
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| "Surprise" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.33% of the time. "Surprise" is used about 5,168 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 90.33% | 4,668 | 2,102 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 8.99% | 465 | 12,668 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.66% | 34 | 59,261 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,168 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "surprise" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Surprise | Last name | 170 | 49,145 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Surprise, AZ (town, FIPS 71510) 2. Surprise, NE (village, FIPS 47850) 3. Surprise, NY |
Expressions using "surprise": a bit of surprise ♦ attack by surprise ♦ by surprise ♦ dumb with surprise ♦ express surprise ♦ give smb. a surprise ♦ great surprise ♦ much to my surprise ♦ pleasant surprise ♦ put on an appearance of surprise ♦ surprise a fort ♦ surprise attack ♦ surprise dosage attack ♦ surprise factor ♦ surprise index ♦ surprise landing ♦ surprise party ♦ surprise smb. in the act ♦ surprise smb. into smth. ♦ surprise visit ♦ take by surprise ♦ take smb. by surprise ♦ to my great surprise ♦ to one's great surprise ♦ unpleasant surprise. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "surprise": surprise-a-day, surprise-free, surprise-hushed, surprise-packet. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "surprise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | verrassing. (various references) | |
Albanian | habi (amazement, astonishment, daze, wonder, wonderment). (various references) | |
Arabic | كشف النقاب (unveil), مفاجأة (eye opener), مباغتة (abruptness, sally), هجوم مفاجئ (privateering), ذهل (amaze, astonish, astound, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, distract, flabbergast, flummox, maze, shake, shock, stagger, stun, stupefy, take a fancy to, taken aback, wonder), إندهاش, دهش (amaze, astonish, stagger, startle, stun), باغت. (various references) | |
Aymara | catjaña (to surprise). (various references) | |
Basque | ustegabe. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неочакван (accidental, emergent, snap, strange, sudden, surprising, swift, unanticipated, uncontemplated, undreamed of, undreamt of, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped-for, unlooked for, unrehearsed, unsought, unsuspected), изненадвам (steal upon, take aback), изненадващ (rude, surprising, unlooked for, unthought of), изненадващо нападение, почуда (marvel), появявам се неочаквано, изненада (eye opener, wonderment), ненадеен (abrupt, sudden, surprising, unhoped-for, unlooked for, untrustworthy), сюрприз, внезапен (abrupt, jerky, precipitate, puffy, snap, steep, sudden, swift, unexpected), сварвам неподготвен, удивление (admiration, amazement, astonishment, exclamation, wonderment), удивлявам (amaze), учудвам (astonish, astound, startle), учудване (admiration, astonishment, marvel, wonder, wonderment), нападам внезапно (raid). (various references) | |
Chinese | 惊奇 (Amaze, Amazed, Amazing, Marveled, Marveling, surprised, surprising), 使吃驚 (astonish). (various references) | |
Czech | překvapení (amazement, startler, wonderment). (various references) | |
Danish | overraskelse, overraske. (various references) | |
Dutch | verrassen, snappen (realize, understand), betrappen. (various references) | |
Esperanto | surprizo, surprizi. (various references) | |
Farsi | متعجب ساختن (Admire), حیرت (Amazement, Consternation, Perplexity, Quandary, Wonder), غافلگیرکردن , شگفت (Muse, Prodigious, Stupendous, Wonder). (various references) | |
Finnish | yllättää (take unawares). (various references) | |
French | surprise (suddenness), surprendre. (various references) | |
Frisian | ferrassing, ferraskje, ferheardens (astonishment, wonder), ferbazing (astonishment, wonder), benijing (astonishment, wonder). (various references) | |
German | überraschen (astonish, catch unawares, overtake, overtaken, take aback, take by surprise, to surprise, to take by surprise), überraschung (astonishment). (various references) | |
Greek | έκπληξη (amazement, astonishment, wonder, wonderment). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | habi. (various references) | |
Hebrew | הפתעה. (various references) | |
Hungarian | meglep (amaze, maze, -taken, to dumbfound, to overtake, to take by surprise, -took). (various references) | |
Icelandic | undrun (astonishment, wonder), koma á óvart, furða (astonishment, wonder), óvænt gleði. (various references) | |
Indonesian | takjub (wonder), kejutan (impulse, jolt, shock), heran (wonder), getun (astonishment). (various references) | |
Italian | sorprendere (amaze, astonish, astound, be surprised, catch, overtake), sorpresa (astonishment, treat). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 驚がく (fright, shock). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おどろき (astonishment, wonder), きょうがく (coeducation, education and learning, fright, shock), ばんくるわせ (unexpected result, upset), いひょう (something unexpected), いっきょう (amazement, amusement, brief entertainment, fun). (various references) | |
Korean | 놀람 (Marveling). (various references) | |
Manx | yindys (admiration, marvel, phenomenon, prodigy, wonder, wonderment). (various references) | |
Norwegian | overraske. (various references) | |
Occitan | suspresa. (various references) | |
Papiamen | sorpresá, sorpresa, sorprendé, sùrprais, asombro (astonishment, wonder). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | urprisesay.(various references) | |
Polish | niespodzianka. (various references) | |
Portuguese | surpresa (jolt, rumble-tumble, shock, wonder, wonderwork), surpreender (amaze, astonish, astound, catch, come upon, daze, get hold of, overtake, startle, surprising, take by surprise). (various references) | |
Romanian | surprizã (astonishment), surprindere (astonishment, wonder), surprinde (astonish, catch, overhear, overtake, startle), vâlvã (agitation, boom, fame, page-one, scandal, sensation), uimire (amazement, astonishment, gape, stupor, wonder), uimi (amaze, astonish, bedazzle, dazzle, flabbergast, flummox, stagger, stupefy), mirare (astonishment, wonder), mira (amaze, astound), lua prin surprindere, frapa (seize, shock, strike), buimãci (amaze, astonish, astound, bewilder, distract, dumbfound, flabbergast, flummox, horrify, stun, stupefy). (various references) | |
Russian | сюрприз, удивлять сюрприз неожиданный, удивление (amazement, astonishment, gawd, hey-day, surprisal, wonder, wonderment), неожиданность (suddenness, unexpectedness). (various references) | |
Scottish | iongantas (a wonder, miracle). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | iznenaditi (startle, take aback, upset), iznenađenje (bombshell, eye opener). (various references) | |
Spanish | sorpresa, sorprender (astonish, astound, catch, catch out, overtake). (various references) | |
Swazi | ku-mangalîsa (to surprise). (various references) | |
Swedish | förvåning (amazement, astonishment, wonder), överraskning (turn up), ertappa (catch, catch out, detect), överraska (astonish, descend, fall in on, overtake, over-take, take by surprise). (various references) | |
Turkish | sürpriz yapmak, sürpriz (bombshell, bonus, fluke, snap), oyuna getirmek (hoodwink, play smb. a trick, pull a fast one, trap, trick), hayret ettirmek (amaze, astonish, astound, bewilder, dumbfound, dumfound, flabbergast, gravel, mystify, wow), hayret (amazement, astonishment, bewilderment, consternation, gape, gracious goodness, gracious me, hi, maze, mirabile dictu, my, my hat, nonplus, what a surprise, what indeed, wonder, wonderment, wow), beklenmedik (abrupt, adventitious, heaven-sent, improbable, snap, sudden, unannounced, unexpected, unforeseen, unhoped, unhoped-for, unimagined, unlooked for), baskın (descent, dominant, forage, foray, heavy, incursion, inroad, irruption, overpowering, predominant, preponderant, prepotent, raid, sudden attack, swoop), şaşkınlık (amazement, astonishment, being surprised, bewilderment, blankness, confusion, consternation, daze, discomfiture, embarrassment, fuddle, gape, maze, muddle, nonplus, perplexity, puzzle, puzzlement, wonder, wonderment), şaşırtmak (addle, amaze, astonish, astound, baffle, bamboozle, bedevil, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bowl over, confound, confuse, daze, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, dislocate, disorient, disorientate, distract, embarrass, embrangle, flabbergast, floor, flummox, fuddle, give smb. a tumble, gravel, intrigue, jolt, knock back, mislead, moither, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, perplex, put smb. out of countenance, puzzle, rattle, shock, startle, stick, stun, stupefy, take aback, wow). (various references) | |
Turkmen | geсirgendirmek (startle). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | несподіванка (abruptness, accident, clap, thunder-clap), несподіваний вчинок, наскочити несподівано, здивування (amaze, amazement, astonishment, daze, marvel, perplex, quandary, wonder), дивувати (amaze, astonish, astound, bewilder, buffalo, daze, enamor, enamour, flabbergast, stupefy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự ngạc nhiên sự bất ngờ, sự bất thình lình điều làm ngạc nhiên. (various references) | |
Welsh | synnu (amaze, astonish, astound, be amazed, be surprised, marvel), syndod (amazement, marvel). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | admiratio, admiratione, admirationem, deprehendere, deprehenderit, deprehendi, deprehendisset, deprehenditur, deprehensa, deprehensam, deprehensus, novitate, novitates. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | surprise. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 8, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O de simwn kai autoV episteusen kai baptisqeiV hn proskarterwn tw filippw qewrwn te shmeia kai dunameiV megalaV ginomenaV existato |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Tunc Simon et ipse credidit et cum baptizatus esset adherebat Philippo videns etiam signa et virtutes maximas fieri stupens admirabatur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thanne also Symount him silf bileued; and whanne he was baptisid, he drouy to Filip; and he sai also that signes and grete vertues weren don, he was astonyed, and wondride. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Then Simon him selfe beleved also and was baptised and cotinued with Phillip and wondered beholdynge the miracles and signes which were shewed. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And Simon himself had faith and, having had baptism, he went with Philip and, seeing the signs and the great wonders which he did, he was full of surprise. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 8, Verse 13 |
| Albanian | Besoi edhe Simoni dhe, mbasi u pagëzua, rrinte vazhdimisht me Filipin; dhe, duke parë veprat e fuqishme dhe shenjat që ishin bërë, mbeti i çuditur. |
| Cebuano | Ug bisan gani siya si Simon mitoo, ug sa nabautismohan na, nagpabilin siya kang Felipe. Ug siya nahingangha sa kahibulong sa iyang pagkakita sa mga ilhanan ug mga dagkung milagro nga nangahimo. |
| Croatian | Povjerova i Šimun te se krsti i osta uz Filipa: bio je zanesen promatrajuæi znamenja i èudesa koja su se dogaðala. |
| Danish | Men Simon troede også selv, og efter at være døbt holdt han sig nær til Filip; og da han så Tegn og store, kraftige Gerninger ske, forbavsedes han højligt. |
| Dutch | En Simon geloofde ook zelf, en gedoopt zijnde, bleef gedurig bij Filippus; en ziende de tekenen en grote krachten, die er geschiedden, ontzette hij zich. |
| Finnish | Ja Simon itsekin uskoi, ja kasteen saatuansa hän pysytteli Filippuksen seurassa; ja nähdessään ihmeitä ja suuria, voimallisia tekoja hän hämmästyi. |
| French | Simon lui-même crut, et, après avoir été baptisé, il ne quittait plus Philippe, et il voyait avec étonnement les miracles et les grands prodiges qui s`opéraient. |
| German | Da ward auch Simon gläubig und ließ sich taufen und hielt sich zu Philippus. Und als er sah die Zeichen und Taten, die da geschahen, verwunderte er sich. |
| Haitian Creole | Ata Simon te kwè. Li menm tou li te resevwa batèm. Apre sa, li te toujou avèk Filip, li te sezi wè bèl bagay ak mirak li t'ap fè. |
| Hungarian | És Simon maga is hûn, és megkeresztelkedvén, Fileppel tarta; és látván, hogy jelek és nagy erõk lesznek, álmélkodik vala. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Simon sendiri juga percaya. Dan setelah dibaptis, ia terus mengikuti Filipus. Keajaiban-keajaiban yang terjadi membuat Simon terheran-heran. |
