uau
Spanish, interjection/ˈwau/
uau is spelled U-A-U (3 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 105,087th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uau is a Spanish interjection meaning “wow (exclamation of amazement)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does uau mean in English?
interjection
- 1
wow (exclamation of amazement)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of uau
- ¡uau! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uau?
- /ˈwau/
- [ˈwau̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is uau in Spanish?
uau appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).