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surprise
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sur·prise  (sr-prz)
tr.v. sur·prised, sur·pris·ing, sur·pris·es
1. To encounter suddenly or unexpectedly; take or catch unawares.
2. To attack or capture suddenly and without warning.
3. To cause to feel wonder, astonishment, or amazement, as at something unanticipated.
4.
a. To cause (someone) to do or say something unintended.
b. To elicit or detect through surprise.
n.
1. The act of surprising or the condition of being surprised.
2. Something, such as an unexpected encounter, event, or gift, that surprises.

[Middle English surprisen, to overcome, from Old French surprise, feminine past participle of surprendre, to surprise : sur-, sur- + prendre, to take (from Latin prehendere, prndere, to seize; see ghend- in Indo-European roots).]

sur·priser n.
sur·prising·ly adv.
Synonyms: surprise, astonish, amaze, astound, dumbfound, flabbergast
These verbs mean to affect a person strongly as being unexpected or unusual. To surprise is to fill with often sudden wonder or disbelief as being unanticipated or out of the ordinary: "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity" (George S. Patton).
Astonish suggests overwhelming surprise: The sight of such an enormous crowd astonished us.
Amaze implies astonishment and often bewilderment: The violinist's virtuosity has amazed audiences all over the world.
Astound connotes shock, as from something unprecedented in one's experience: We were astounded at the beauty of the mountains.
Dumbfound adds to astound the suggestion of perplexity and often speechlessness: His question dumbfounded me, and I could not respond.
Flabbergast is used as a more colorful equivalent of astound, astonish, or amaze: "The aldermen ... were ... flabbergasted; they were speechless from bewilderment" (Benjamin Disraeli).

surprise [səˈpraɪz]
vb (tr)
1. to cause to feel amazement or wonder
2. to encounter or discover unexpectedly or suddenly
3. to capture or assault suddenly and without warning
4. to present with something unexpected, such as a gift
5. (foll by into) to provoke (someone) to unintended action by a trick, etc. to surprise a person into an indiscretion
6. (often foll by from) to elicit by unexpected behaviour or by a trick to surprise information from a prisoner
n
1. the act or an instance of surprising; the act of taking unawares
2. a sudden or unexpected event, gift, etc.
3. the feeling or condition of being surprised; astonishment
4. (modifier) causing, characterized by, or relying upon surprise a surprise move
take by surprise
a.  to come upon suddenly and without warning
b.  to capture unexpectedly or catch unprepared
c.  to astonish; amaze
[from Old French, from surprendre to overtake, from sur-1 + prendre from Latin prehendere to grasp; see prehensile]
surprisal  n
surprised  adj
surprisedly  [səˈpraɪzɪdlɪ] adv
surpriser  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.surprisesurprise - the astonishment you feel when something totally unexpected happens to you
amazement, astonishment - the feeling that accompanies something extremely surprising; "he looked at me in astonishment"
2.surprise - a sudden unexpected event
alteration, change, modification - an event that occurs when something passes from one state or phase to another; "the change was intended to increase sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"; "the neighborhood had undergone few modifications since his last visit years ago"
bombshell, thunderbolt, thunderclap - a shocking surprise; "news of the attack came like a bombshell"
coup de theatre - a dramatic surprise
eye opener - something surprising and revealing
peripeteia, peripetia, peripety - a sudden and unexpected change of fortune or reverse of circumstances (especially in a literary work); "a peripeteia swiftly turns a routine sequence of events into a story worth telling"
blow, shock - an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"
stunner - an unexpected and amazing event; "the stunner was what happened on Saturday"
3.surprise - the act of surprising someone
disruption, perturbation - the act of causing disorder
Verb1.surprise - cause to be surprised; "The news really surprised me"
amaze, astonish, astound - affect with wonder; "Your ability to speak six languages amazes me!"
explode a bombshell - utter or do something surprising; "Father exploded a bombshell when he forbade us to go to the prom"
catch - discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state; "She caught her son eating candy"; "She was caught shoplifting"
flabbergast, bowl over, boggle - overcome with amazement; "This boggles the mind!"
impress, strike, affect, move - have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"
ball over, blow out of the water, floor, shock, take aback - surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
2.surprise - come upon or take unawares; "She surprised the couple"; "He surprised an interesting scene"
act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
blindside - catch unawares, especially with harmful consequences; "The economic downturn blindsided many investors"
3.surprise - attack by storm; attack suddenly
attack, assail - launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with; "Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II"; "Serbian forces assailed Bosnian towns all week"

surprise
noun
1. shock, start (informal), revelation, jolt, bombshell, eye-opener (informal), bolt from the blue, turn-up for the books (informal) It is perhaps no surprise to see her attempting a comeback.
2. amazement, astonishment, wonder, disbelief, incredulity, stupefaction To my surprise I am in a room where I see one of my mother's sisters.
verb
1. amaze, astonish, astound, stun, startle, stagger, disconcert, take aback, bowl over (informal), leave open-mouthed, nonplus, flabbergast (informal), take (someone's) breath away We'll solve the case ourselves and surprise everyone.
2. catch unawares or off-guard, catch napping, catch on the hop (informal), burst in on, spring upon, catch in the act or red-handed, come down on like a bolt from the blue The army surprised their enemy near the village of Blenheim.
Quotations
"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable" [Jane Austen Emma]
Translations
surprise [səˈpraɪz]
A. N
1. (= astonishment) → sorpresa f
imagine my surprise when I found a cheque for £5,000puedes imaginarte la sorpresa que me llevé al encontrar or cuando encontré un cheque de 5.000 libras
"what?" George asked in surprise-¿qué? -preguntó George sorprendido
he saw my look of surpriseme vio la cara de sorpresa
there was a look of surprise on his facetenía cara de sorpresa
surprise, surprise! (iro) → ¡menuda sorpresa!(iro)
to my/his surprisepara mi/su sorpresa
much to my surprise, he agreedpara gran sorpresa mía, accedió
2. (as tactic) → sorpresa f
the element of surpriseel elemento sorpresa
to catch or take sb by surprisecoger or (LAm) tomar a algn por sorpresa
3. (= unexpected thing) → sorpresa f
I have a surprise for youtengo una sorpresa para ti
what a lovely surprise!¡qué sorpresa más or tan agradable!
all this comes as something of a surprisetodo esto es en cierto modo una sorpresa
it may come as a surprise to some peoplepuede que algunos se lleven una sorpresa
it came as a surprise to me to learn thatme llevé una sorpresa al enterarme de que ...
life is full of surprisesla vida está llena de sorpresas
to give sb a surprisedar una sorpresa a algn
B. ADJ [party, present] → sorpresa inv; [announcement, defeat, decision] → inesperado
a surprise visituna visita sorpresa or inesperada
a surprise attackun ataque por sorpresa
C. VT
1. (= astonish) → sorprender
he may surprise us all one daypuede que algún día nos sorprenda a todos
go on, surprise me! (iro) → ¡venga, sorpréndeme!(iro)
you surprise me (also iro) → me sorprende usted
it surprised her to hear John sounding so angryle sorprendió oír a John hablar tan enfadado
no one will be surprised by her appointmenta nadie le extrañará or sorprenderá su nombramiento
it wouldn't surprise me if he ended up in jailno me extrañaría or sorprendería que terminara en la cárcel
it surprises me thatme sorprende que + subjun
to surprise o.ssorprenderse(a sí mismo)
2. (= catch unawares) → coger por sorpresa, tomar por sorpresa(LAm)
to surprise sb in the actsorprender a algn in fraganti, coger a algn in fraganti

surprise [sərˈpraɪz]
n
(= unexpected event, news) → surprise f
I have a surprise for you → J'ai une surprise pour vous.
to be a surprise to sb, to come as a surprise to sb
This ruling was a surprise to everyone → Cette décision fut une surprise pour tout le monde.
It came as a surprise to me → Cela a été une surprise pour moi.
to take by surprise [+ person] → prendre au dépourvu (MILITARY) [+ town, fort] → prendre par surprise
surprise, surprise! (meeting somebody)surprise, surprise! (humorous)vous parlez d'une surprise
(= astonishment) → surprise f
to my surprise → à ma surprise
to my great surprise → à ma grande surprise
in surprise → surpris(e)
He looked at me in surprise → Il me regarda, surpris.
modif [announcement, appearance, attack, decision, defeat, victory, visit] → surprise
vt
(= astonish) → surprendre
It would not surprise me if he ends up in jail → Cela ne me surprendrait pas qu'il finisse en prison.
(= catch unawares) → surprendre

surprise
nÜberraschung f; in surprisevoller Überraschung, überrascht; much to my surprise, to my great surprisezu meiner großen Überraschung; with a look of surprisemit überraschtem Gesicht; it was a surprise (for or to me) to find that …ich war überrascht, als ich entdeckte, dass …; it came as a surprise to uswir waren überrascht, es hat uns überrascht; what a surprise!was für eine Überraschung!; to give somebody a surprisejdn überraschen; to take somebody by surprisejdn überraschen; surprise, surprise, it’s me!rate mal, wer hier ist?; surprise, surprise! (iro)was du nicht sagst!
attrÜberraschungs-, überraschend; surprise attackÜberraschungsangriff m; surprise successÜberraschungserfolg m; surprise winnerÜberraschungssieger(in) m(f)
vtüberraschen; (= catch unawares also) army, sentryüberrumpeln; thief(auf frischer Tat) ertappen; you surprise me! (also iro)das überrascht mich!; I was surprised to hear itich war überrascht, das zu hören; I wouldn’t be surprised if …es würde mich nicht wundern, wenn …; don’t be surprised if he refuseswundern Sie sich nicht, wenn er ablehnt; it’s nothing to be surprised atdas ist nicht weiter verwunderlich; I’m surprised at or by his ignoranceich bin überrascht über seine Unkenntnis; I’m surprised you didn’t think of thates wundert mich, dass du nicht daran gedacht hast; go on, surprise me!ich lass mich überraschen!; he surprised me into agreeinger hat mich so verblüfft, dass ich zugestimmt habe

surprise [səˈpraɪz]
1. n (gen) → sorpresa; (astonishment) → stupore m, sorpresa
it came as quite a surprise to me → fu una grande sorpresa per me
a look of surprise → uno sguardo di sorpresa
much to my surprise, to my great surprise → con mia grande sorpresa
to take by surprise (person) → cogliere di sorpresa (Mil) (town, fort) → attaccare di sorpresa
to give sb a surprise → fare una sorpresa a qn
2. vt (astonish) → sorprendere, stupire; (catch unawares) → sorprendere, cogliere di sorpresa
he was surprised to learn that ... → fu sorpreso di sapere che...
I'm surprised at you! → mi meraviglio di te!
he surprised me into accepting → ho accettato perché colto alla sprovvista
I wouldn't be surprised if he accepts → non mi sorprenderebbe se accettasse
don't be surprised if he comes → non ti meravigliare se viene
3. adj (present, visit) → inaspettato/a; (attack) → di sorpresa

surprise [səˈpraɪz]
1. n (gen) → sorpresa; (astonishment) → stupore m, sorpresa
it came as quite a surprise to me → fu una grande sorpresa per me
a look of surprise → uno sguardo di sorpresa
much to my surprise, to my great surprise → con mia grande sorpresa
to take by surprise (person) → cogliere di sorpresa (Mil) (town, fort) → attaccare di sorpresa
to give sb a surprise → fare una sorpresa a qn
2. vt (astonish) → sorprendere, stupire; (catch unawares) → sorprendere, cogliere di sorpresa
he was surprised to learn that ... → fu sorpreso di sapere che...
I'm surprised at you! → mi meraviglio di te!
he surprised me into accepting → ho accettato perché colto alla sprovvista
I wouldn't be surprised if he accepts → non mi sorprenderebbe se accettasse
don't be surprised if he comes → non ti meravigliare se viene
3. adj (present, visit) → inaspettato/a; (attack) → di sorpresa

surprise
n surprise [səˈpraiz]
(the feeling caused by) something sudden or unexpected His statement caused some surprise; Your letter was a pleasant surprise; There were some nasty surprises waiting for her when she returned; He stared at her in surprise; To my surprise the door was unlocked; (also adjective ) He paid them a surprise visit. verrassing مُفاجأَه изненада překvapení, údiv; neočekávaný overraskelse; overraskelses- die Überraschung έκπληξη sorpresa üllatus غير مترقبه yllätys surprise הַפְתָעָה आश्चर्य iznenađenje, prepad meglepetés kejutan undrun, furða sorpresa 驚き 놀람 nustebimas, nuostaba, netikėtumas, siurprizas; netikėtas pārsteigums; izbrīns; pārsteiguma- mengejut verrassing overraskelse, forbauselse zaskoczenie, niespodzianka surpresa surpriză удивление; неожиданность; сюрприз prekvapenie; neočakávaný presenečenje iznenađenje överraskning, förvåning สิ่งที่ทำให้ประหลาดใจ şaşkınlık, sürpriz 驚奇 здивування حیرت، تعجب sự ngạc nhiên, sự bất ngờ
v
1 to cause to feel surprise The news surprised me. verras يُفاجِئ изненадвам (се) překvapit overraske überraschen εκπλήσσω sorprender üllatama متعجب كردن yllättää surprendre לְהַפתִיעַ आश्चर्यचकित करना iznenaditi meglep mengejutkan koma á óvart sorprendere 驚かせる 놀라게하다 nustebinti pārsteigt mengejutkan verrassen overraske, forbause zadziwić, zaskoczyć surpreender a surprinde удивлять prekvapiť presenetiti iznenaditi överraska, förvåna ทำให้ประหลาดใจ şaşırtmak 使驚奇 дивувати, вражати حیران ہونا، تعجب کرنا làm ngạc nhiên, làm kinh ngạc 使
2 to lead, by means of surprise, into doing something Her sudden question surprised him into betraying himself. verras يُذْهِل، يُباغِت нападам внезапно překvapit (tak, že...) overrumple verleiten αιφνιδιάζω, ξαφνιάζω sorprender (hasta el punto de), coger desprevenido (hasta el punto de) eksitama غافلگير كردن hämätä surprendre (au point que) לְהַפתִיעַ घबराकर करा देना navesti koga (na što) meglepetésében ... mengejutkan vekja undrun og koma þannig e-u til leiðar sorprendere (al punto da/che) 驚かせて~させる 놀라게 해 (~하게) 하다 priversti (ką nors padaryti) pārsteigt un likt (kaut ko) darīt secara mengejut onverhoeds ertoe brengen /narre til å gjøre zaskoczyć levar pela surpresa a surprinde вынудить prekvapiť (tak, že ...) zapeljati iznenaditi genom överrumpling förmå, förleda จู่โจม şaşırtıp bir şey yaptırmak 出其不意地使某人做某事 примусити до دماح چکرا دینا bất thình lình đẩy đến chỗ 使
3 to find, come upon, or attack, without warning They surprised the enemy from the rear. verras يُهاجِمُ على حينِ غِرَّه، يُباغِت сварвам неподготвен přepadnout overraske überrumpeln αιφνιδιάζω sorprender ootamatult tabama بي خبر حمله كردن yllättää surprendre לְהַפתִיעַ पर सहसा आक्रमण करना, पर अचानक टूट पड़ना izvršiti prepad rajtakap vkit vmin menyerang dengan tiba-tiba koma í opna skjöldu, gera skyndiárás sorprendere 不意打ちにする 갑짜기 공격하다 užklupti pārsteigt; pēkšņi uzbrukt menyerang secara mengejut verrassen overraske zaskoczyć surpreender a sur­prinde внезапно нападать prepadnúť presenetiti iznenaditi överrumpla จู่โจมโดยไม่ให้ตั้งตัว gafil avlamak, baskın yapmak 突然襲擊 наскочити, застати зненацька بغیر اطلاع کے حملہ کرنا đột kích, đánh úp
adj surˈprised
showing or feeling surprise his surprised face; I'm surprised (that) he's not here; You behaved badly – I'm surprised at you!; I wouldn't be surprised if he won. verras wees مُتَفاجِئ، مُنْذَهِل، مُنْدَهِش изненадан překvapený overrasket überrascht έκπληκτος sorprendido üllatunud متعجب yllättynyt surpris לִהיוֹת מוּפתָע आश्चर्यचकित होना iznenađen, začuđen meglepett terkejut sem er hissa sorpreso 驚いた 놀란 nustebęs pārsteigts; izbrīnīts terkejut verbaasd overrasket, forundret zdziwiony surpreendido sur­prins удивлённый prekvapený presenečen iznenađen överraskad, förvånad แปลกใจ şaşırmış 吃驚的 здивований حیران ہونے والا ngạc nhiên
adj surˈprising
likely to cause surprise surprising news; It is not surprising that he resigned. verrassend مُفاجئ، مُذْهِل، مُدهِش изненадващ překvapivý overraskende überraschend εκπληκτικός sorprendente üllatav تعجب آور yllättävä surprenant מַפתִיע आश्चर्यजनक, विलक्षण, निराला iznenađujući, neočekivan meglepő mengejutkan óvæntur sorprendente 驚くべき 놀라운 stebinantis pārsteidzošs mengejutkan verrassend overraskende, forbausende zadziwiający, zaskakujący surpreendente surprinzător, uimitor удивительный prekvapivý presenetljiv iznenadan överraskande, förvånande ที่ทำให้ประหลาดใจ şaşırtıcı 驚人的 несподіваний; дивний حیران کن gây ngạc nhiên
adv surˈprisingly
Surprisingly, he did win. wat verrassend is بصورةٍ مُفاجِئَه изненадващо kupodivu overraskende überraschederweise απροσδόκητα para (mi/tu/su...) sorpresa, sorprendentemente üllatuslikult بطرز شگفت آوري yllättäen étonnamment בְּמַפתִיע आश्चर्यजनक ढंग से, निराले ढंग से, असाधारण ढंग से neočekivano meglepően secara mengejutkan þó undarlegt megi virðast sorprendentemente 驚いたことに 놀랍게도 nelauktai, netikėtai pārsteidzoši; neticami yang mengejutkan verbazend genoeg overraskende (nok) zadziwiająco, ku ogólnemu zdziwieniu surpreendentemente în mod surprinzător/uimitor удивительно napodiv presenetljivo iznenađujuće överraskande [], förvånansvärt [] อย่างไม่คาดฝันมาก่อน şaşılacak derecede 出人意外地 несподівано; дивно حیران کن طریقے سے ,ngạc nhiên
take by surprise
1 to catch unawares The news took me by surprise. onverhoeds betrap يُفاجئ، يُباغِت сварвам неподготвен překvapit overraske überrumpeln πιάνω στον ύπνο, αιφνιδιάζω coger por sorpresa, coger desprevenido ootamatult tabama غافلگير كردن yllättää prendre par surprise לִהיוֹת מוּפתָע ताजुब में डालना zaskočiti, iznenaditi meglep mengejutkan koma á óvart cogliere di sorpresa 驚かす 놀라게 하다 netikėtai užklupti pārsteigt mengejutkan overrompelen overraske en zaskoczyć apanhar de surpresa a lua prin surprindere заставать врасплох prekvapiť presenetiti iznenaditi överraska ไม่รู้ตัวมาก่อน hazırlıksız yakalamak 使吃驚 захопити зненацька اچانک ہونا جب اس کی توقع نہ ہو thình lình xảy ra làm cho ai sửng sốt 使
2 to capture (a fort etc) by a sudden, unexpected attack. verrassingsaanval loods يَقوم بِهُجومٍ مُباغِت ويَحْتَلُّ مَوقِعا عَسْكَرِيّا изненадвам dobýt přepadem overraske überrumpeln αιφνιδιάζω, καταλαμβάνω εξαπίνης atacar por sorpresa, sorprender äkkrünnakuga vallutama بي خبر حمله كردن vallata yllätyshyökkäyksellä prendre par un coup de main הַתקָפַת פֶּתַע अचानक हमला कर कब्जा करना zauzeti na prepad rajtaütésszerűen elfoglal merebut dengan tiba-tiba ná á sitt vald með óvæntri árás prendere di sorpresa 不意打ちにする 기습으로 함락시키다 staiga užimti ieņemt pēkšņā uzbrukumā merampas secara tiba-tiba overrompelen overraske (med et angrep) złapać/zdobyć przez zaskoczenie tomar de surpresa a surprinde захватывать внезапной атакой prepadnúť presenetiti iznenaditi ta med överraskning, överrumpla จู่โจมอย่างไม่รู้ตัว gafil avlamak 冷不防地捉住 захопити (когось) зненацька کسی جگہ پر اچانک حملہ کر دینا đánh chiếm bất ngờ, đánh úp

surprise مفاجئة překvapení overraskelse Überraschung έκπληξη sorpresa yllätys surprise iznenađenje sopresa 驚き 놀람 verrassing overraskelse niespodzianka surpresa удивление överraskning ความประหลาดใจ sürpriz sự ngạc nhiên 惊喜


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