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noun
- Something not expected.
- It was a to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
- (italbrac, attributively) Unexpected.
- The attack was devastating.
- The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
- Imagine my on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.
Translations: - Dutch: verrassing , verbazing
- French: inattendu , inattendue
- German: í�berraschung
- Italian: sorpresa
- Spanish: sorpresa
verb (surpris, ing)
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel surprise.
- It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.
- (transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
- He doesn't know that I'm in the country - I thought I'd turn up at his house and surprise him.
Translations: - Dutch: verrassen
- French: étonner
- German: í¼berraschen
- Italian: sorprendere
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: sorprender
Etymology: From French, surprise.
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