eh

Significado (Inglês)

Intj

1. (Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, Hong-Kong, India, Ireland, New-Zealand, Northern-US, Singapore, South-Africa, UK, informal) Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
2. In isolation, a request for repetition or clarification of what has just been said.
3. In isolation, expressing surprise or confusion
4. (Canada) An interjection used to ascertain the continued attention of someone addressed by the speaker.
5. Expressing apathy or lack of enthusiasm; meh.
6. (Philippines) Expressing apprehension following or preceding a reasoning or excuse; uh.

Verb

To use the interjection eh.

Adj

Of mediocre quality; unremarkable.

Adv

Used to negate the following verb; (am/are/is/do/does) not.

Particle

Alternative form of leh.

Conceitos

hein

não é

né

Sinônimos

what

huh

oh

say what

uh

ah

no way

seriously

right

wow

isn’t it

hate

😡

shame

eh you

astonishment

disgust

hey

👋

hi

👋

holla

ooh

really

Traduções

hè

hein

oder

ne

eh

nicht

🚫

nicht wahr

der dort

ρε

eh

n’est-ce pas

tsé

n'est-ce pas

eh

wat

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/eɪ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com tagalo: e

Cognato com espanhol: eh

In summary

Natural exclamation; first recorded mid-16th century. Perhaps an unstressed variant of aye (“yes, yeah”).
The Philippine sense is possibly influenced by Tagalog e and/or Spanish eh.