uh
Spanish, interjection/u/
uh is spelled U-H (2 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written Spanish, the 5,928th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uh is a Spanish interjection meaning “used to express disappointment or disdain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Denota desilusión o desdén”.
What does uh mean in English?
interjection
- 1
used to express disappointment or disdain
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Denota desilusión o desdén.
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 uh?
- /u/
- /uː/
- [ˈu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is uh in Spanish?
uh appears 13 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).