all of a sudden

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌɔl əv ə ˈsʌdən/
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Adverb

all of a sudden (not comparable)

(set phrase, colloquial) Suddenly, quickly, without warning.
Synonyms: all at once, at one stroke, in one fell swoop, just like that, out of the blue

All of a sudden I felt very hot and tired.
- 2016 December 19, Moe! Ninja Girls, Japan: NTT Solmare, iOS, Android, scene: Season 3, Chapter 3:
  ― Enju: “Wh-What?! What are you saying all of a sudden?! Idiot! Hentai!”

Alternative forms

Translations

colloquial: suddenly — see also suddenly

Arabic: فَجْأَةً (fajʔatan)
Bashkir: ҡапыл (qapıl), кинәт (kinət)
Bengali: হঠাৎ (bn) (hoṭhat)
Catalan: de cop, en sec, de sobte (ca), de bursada, d'improvís (ca), tot d'una (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 突然 (zh) (tūrán), 忽然 (zh) (hūrán), 一下子 (zh) (yīxiàzi)
Czech: najednou (cs)
Danish: pludselig (da)
Dutch: plotseling (nl), opeens (nl), ineens (nl)
Finnish: yhtäkkiä (fi), äkkiä (fi), äkkiarvaamatta, äkisti (fi)
French: soudain (fr), soudainement (fr), subitement (fr), tout à coup (fr), tout d’un coup (fr)
Georgian: უეცრად (uecrad), უცბად (ucbad)
German: auf einmal, mit einem Mal (de)
Greek: ξαφνικά (el) (xafniká)
Ancient: αἶψα (aîpsa), ἐξαπίνης (exapínēs)
Gujarati: અચાનક (acānak)
Hebrew: פִּתְאוֹם (he) (pit'óm)
Hindi: अचानक (hi) (acānak)
Hungarian: hirtelen (hu), váratlanul (hu), egyszer csak, egyszerre csak
Icelandic: allt í einu (is)
Indonesian: tiba-tiba (id)
Italian: all'improvviso (it), see also Thesaurus:improvvisamente
Japanese: 突然 (ja) (とつぜん, totsuzen), 突然に (とつぜんに, totsuzen ni), 行き成り (いきなり, ikinari)
Korean: 갑자기 (ko) (gapjagi), 불현듯 (ko) (bulhyeondeut), 불현듯이 (ko) (bulhyeondeusi)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ji nişkê ve (ku)
Latvian: pēkšņi
Norwegian: plutselig (no)
Polish: nagle (pl)
Portuguese: subitamente (pt), de repente (pt), repentinamente (pt)
Romanian: deodată (ro), dintr-o dată
Russian: вдруг (ru) (vdrug), внеза́пно (ru) (vnezápno), неожи́данно (ru) (neožídanno), ра́зом (ru) (rázom)
Scottish Gaelic: gu grad
Spanish: de repente (es), súbitamente (es), de pronto, de golpe (es), de golpe y porrazo, de buenas a primeras (es), al primer envite
Swedish: plötsligt (sv), hux flux (sv)
Tulu: ಗಡಕ್ಕ (gaḍakka)
Turkish: birden (tr)
Zazaki: nıskêra

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