all of a sudden
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all of a sudden
- /ˌɔl əv ə ˈsʌdən/ US
adverb all of the sudden · all the sudden · all on a sudden · of a sudden · on a sudden · upon a sudden
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Suddenly, quickly, without warning.
All of a sudden I felt very hot and tired.
Similar: all at once, at one stroke, in one fell swoop, just like that, out of the blue
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adv colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly
| Español | de repente, de pronto, de golpe, de golpe y porrazo, de buenas a primeras, al primer envite |
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| 한국어 | 갑자기 gapjagi, 불현듯 bulhyeondeut, 불현듯이 bulhyeondeusi |
| 日本語 | 突然 totsuzen, 突然に totsuzen ni, 行き成り ikinari |
| 中文 | 突然 tūrán, 忽然 hūrán, 一下子 yīxiàzi |
| हिन्दी | अचानक acānak |
| Português | subitamente, de repente, repentinamente |
| Français | soudain, soudainement, subitement, tout à coup, tout d'un coup |
| Deutsch | auf einmal, mit einem Mal |
| Italiano | all'improvviso, see also Thesaurus:improvvisamente |
| Ελληνικά | ξαφνικά xafniká |
| Română | deodată, dintr-o dată |
| Русский | вдруг vdrug, внеза́пно vnezápno, неожи́данно neožídanno, ра́зом rázom |
| Tiếng Việt | trong nháy mắt, trong tích tắc |
| العربية | فَجْأَةً fajʔatan |
| עברית | פִּתְאוֹם pit'óm |
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