Interjecciones en inglés que necesitas saber

"Ow!" "Ack!" "Yikes!" Sin duda, cualquiera que esté familiarizado con los cómics está bien versado en estas pequeñas y concisas declaraciones. Interjections (o, como a veces se llaman, de manera algo engañosa, exclamations) son palabras o frases cortas que se distinguen gramaticalmente del resto de una oración o que aparecen solas sin sujeto ni verbo. Interjections también pueden ser holophrases. Debido a que a menudo se usan para exclamar, interjections a menudo tienen un impacto emocional que puede hacer que los diálogos ficticios sean más realistas.

101 Interjections

A medida que lea esta lista, vea si puede seleccionar interjections que tienen más de un significado o se pueden usar de más de una manera. Las ortografías o usos adicionales se enumeran entre paréntesis.

1. Ah: Ah, I don't know if that's true.

2. Aha: Aha! I figured it out!

3. Ahem: Ahem, could you boys stop talking so we could get on with class, please?

4. Alas: Alas, it was not to be.

5. Amen: Amen, hallelujah, amen!

6. Aw: Aw, do we have to?

7. Awesome: You two are dating? Awesome!

8. Aww: Aww, that's so cute!

9. Bada-bing (bada-bing, bada-bing, bada-boom): "You've gotta get up close like this and—bada-BING!—you blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit." (From "The Godfather," 1972)

10. Bah: Bah, humbug!

11. Baloney: Oh, baloney. I don't believe that.

12. Big deal: Big deal. Who cares?

13. Bingo: Bingo! Right on target!

14. Boo: Boo! Scared you!

15. Boo-hoo: That makes me sad. Boo-hoo.

16. Booyah (boo-yah): Yeah, I aced this test. Booyah!

17. Boy (boy oh boy): Oh boy. Oh boy, oh boy. That's heavy, man.

18. Bravo: Bravo! That was fantastic!

19. Brilliant: Brilliant, luv, absolutely brilliant! (British English.)

20. Brrr: Brr! Minus 30 degrees? Yuk.

21. Bull: Bull. It's not 30 below zero, not really.

22. Bye (bye-bye): Bye! See you later!

23. Cheers: Cheers, mate! You're welcome. (British English); Cheers! Raise a toast! (American English.)

24. Come on (c'mon): Come on. Hurry up.

25. Cool: Oh, wow, that is so cool!

26. Cowabunga: "Cowabunga, dude." ("Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles")

27. Dang: Dang it! Where'd I put that?

28. Darn (darn it): Darn it! I can't find the other one either!

29. Dear me: Oh, dear me. What are we going to do?

30. Duck: Duck! No, really! Get down!

31. Duh: Well, duh. I can't believe you didn't know that.

32. Eh: Eh? What?

33. Enjoy: Enjoy! I hope you like it!

34. Excellent: "Party time, excellent!" ("Wayne's World")

35. Fabulous: Fabulous! That's just wonderful!

36. Fantastic: Fantastic! I just love it!

37. Fiddledeedee (fiddle-dee-dee): "Fiddle-dee-dee! War, war, war; this war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream." ("Gone With the Wind")

38. Finally: Finally! I never thought that'd be done.

39. For heaven's sake(s): "Oh, for heaven's sake, don't you know your Bible?" ("Little House on the Prairie")

40. Fore: Fore! (Look out! in golf)

41. Foul: Foul! In baseball, the ball went out of bounds, otherwise an infraction.

42. Freeze: Freeze! Stop right there!

43. Gee (gee whiz, gee willikers): Well gee whiz, Pa, why do I have to do that?

44. Giddyap (giddyup): Giddyup, Silver! Go, horse, go!

45. Golly (good golly, golly gee willikers): Golly, that sure was tasty.

46. Goodbye (good-bye): Goodbye, see you again soon!

47. Good grief: "Good grief, Charlie Brown." ("Peanuts")

48. Good heavens: Good heavens! How did that happen?

49. Gosh: “Whatever I feel like I wanna do, gosh!” ("Napoleon Dynamite")

50. Great: Great! I'm so excited you'll come along!

51. Great balls of fire: "Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!" ("Great Balls of Fire," Jerry Lee Lewis)

52. Ha: Ha-ha! That's funny!

53. Hallelujah: Glory be to God, hallelujah!

54. Heavens (heavens above, heavens to Betsy): Oh, heavens! How could you think that?

55. Heigh-ho: Heigh-ho neighbor! How are you?

56. Hello: Hello! How are things with you?

57. Help: Help! I need somebody ("Help!" The Beatles)

58. Hey (hey there): Hey! Look over there!

59. Hi (hiya): Hi! What's up?

60. Hip, hip, hooray: We won! On the count of three, everyone: Hip, hip hooray! Hip, hip, hooray!

61. Hmm (hrm): Hmm. Let me think about that for a bit.

62. Ho-ho-ho: Ho-ho-ho, Merry Christmas!

63. Holy mackerel (holy cow, holy moly, holy Moses, holy smokes): Holy mackerel! I can't believe it!

64. Ho-hum: Ho-hum, how boring.

65. Hooray (hurrah, hurray): Hooray! That's awesome!

66. Howdy (howdy do): Howdy, pardner.

67. Huh: Huh. I have no idea.

68. Ick: Ick! How gross!

69. Indeed: Indeed! I'll bet you didn't know that!

70. Jeez: Jeez, do we really have to go through this now?

71. Kaboom: Kaboom! It blew up!

72. Kapow: And Batman hit the evildoer, kapow!

73. Lordy (lordy, lordy): Oh lordy, lordy, look who's 40!

74. Mama mia: Mama mia, let me go. ("Bohemian Rhapsody," Queen)

75. Man: Man, that's unbelievable.

76. Marvelous: Marvelous! Oh, honey, that's just wonderful.

77. My: "My! I never once thought of it, Huck!" ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer")

78. My goodness (my heavens, my stars, my word): My goodness, isn't that just grand?

79. Nah: Nah, it'll never work.

80. No problem: Thank you. No problem.

81. No way (no way José): No way! I can't believe it.

82. Nope: Nope. I can't do that.

83. Nuts: Nuts! I wish I didn't have to.

84. Oh (oh boy, oh dear, oh my, oh my gosh, oh my goodness, oh no, oh well): Oh! That's shocking!

85. OK (okay): OK, sounds great. Thank you.

86. Ouch: Ouch! That hurt!

87. Ow: Ow! That stung!

88. Please: Would you help me, please?

89. Poof: Poof! She just disappeared.

90. Shh: Shh! Quiet in the library!

91. Super: Super! That's fantastic!

92. Swell: Swell! How great!

93. Welcome: Welcome! Come in!; (You're) Welcome!

94. Well: Well, I just don't know about that.

95. Whoop-de-doo: Well whoop-de-doo. (sarcasm) I so don't care.

96. Woo-hoo: Woo-hoo! That's fantastic!

97. Wow: Wow! I love it!

98. Yabba dabba doo: "Yabba dabba doo!" ("The Flinstones")

99. Yadda, yadda, yadda: "Well, we were engaged to be married, uh, we bought the wedding invitations, and, uh, yada, yada, yada, I'm still single." ("Seinfeld")

100. Yippee: Yippie! That's exciting!

101. Yummy: Yummy! I love chocolate cake!

Partes del habla de una o dos funciones

Interjections se han tratado tradicionalmente como una de las ocho partes del discurso (o clases de palabras). Pero vale la pena tener en cuenta que muchas interjecciones pueden cumplir una función doble o triple que otras partes del discurso. Por ejemplo, cuando una palabra como "boy" o "awesome" aparece sola (a menudo seguida por un signo de exclamación por escrito), funciona como una interjección:

• Boy! You have an answer for everything.

• The crew chief handed me my first paycheck. "Awesome!" I said.

Pero cuando esa misma palabra aparece sintácticamente integrada en una oración, generalmente opera como una parte diferente del discurso. En los siguientes ejemplos, "boy" es un sustantivo y "awesome" es un adjetivo:

• The boy ate a Snickers bar.

• Seeing the northern lights for the first time was an awesome experience.

Las palabras que se utilizan solo como interjecciones se denominan primary interjections, mientras que las palabras que también pertenecen a otras clases de palabras se denominan secondary interjections.

¡Oh! Aquí hay algo más a tener en cuenta. Los significados de las interjecciones a veces cambian según el contexto en el que se usan. La palabra oh, por ejemplo, puede indicar sorpresa, decepción o deleite:

• Oh! I didn't see you sitting there.

• Oh...I was hoping you could stay for a while.

• Oh! I'm so glad you came!