oh
Spanish, interjection/ˈo/
oh is spelled O-H (2 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,679th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oh is a Spanish interjection meaning “oh (expression of awe, surprise, pain or realization)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Interjección que se usa para para manifestar muchos y muy diversos movimientos del ánimo, y más…”.
What does oh mean in English?
interjection
- 1
oh (expression of awe, surprise, pain or realization)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Interjección que se usa para para manifestar muchos y muy diversos movimientos del ánimo, y más ordinariamente asombro, pena o alegría.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce oh?
- /ˈo/
- [ˈo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to oh
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is oh in Spanish?
oh appears 51 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).