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A to Z Onomatopeya ~ Onomatopoeia

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Onomatopeya es el uso de palabras (como sisear o murmurar) que imitan los sonidos asociados con los objetos o acciones que se refieren.

Onomatopoeia is the use of words (such as hiss or murmur) that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer.


El Desafío ~ The Challenge

El desafío es pensar en tantas onomatopeyas como que podamos. Sólo por este juego, creo que sería bien que la palabra comience con cualquiera de las dos lenguas, inglés o español. Proporciona una descripción del sonido, el sentido y la traducción, si la sabes. Si no, espero que los hablantes de inglés puedan ayudar a los hispano hablantes y viceversa. Creo que hay tantas onomatopeyas para aprender en los dos idiomas así que todos nos podemos ayudar uno al otro.

The challenge is to think of as many onomatopoeic words as you can. Just for this game, I think that it would okay if the word starts with either of the two languages, English or Spanish. Provide a description of the sound, the meaning and translation, if you know it. If not, I hope that those fluent in Spanish can help the English speakers and vice versa. I think there are so many onomatopoeia to learn in both languages that we can all help each other.


Las Reglas ~ The Rules

Para aquellos que nunca no han jugado esto juego antes, es bastante sencillo.

Hay sólo las siguientes reglas:

-Tu palabra debe seguir el orden alfabético

-Siempre haz un clic en Más Nuevas antes de publicarla para ver la última letra publicada.

-Asegúrate de poner la traducción al inglés de la palabra.

-Realiza tus mensajes tan colorida e interesante posible.

La reglas más importantes: ¡Aprende y Diviértete! :-D

For those that have never played this game before, it is quite simple.

There are only the following rules:

-Your word must follow the alphabetical order.

-Always click Newest before you post to see the latest letter published.

-Be sure to put the Spanish translation of the word.

-Make your message as colorful and interesting as possible.

-The most important rules: Learn and Have fun! :-D


Unos Enlaces Útiles ~ Some Helpful Links

Onomatopeya Aquí está un enlace a un hilo con las listas de la onomatopeya para empezar. Pero tenga cuidado. Una onomatopeya verdad no es sólo una interjección. También debe ser capaz de ser utilizado como un mínimo de una otra categoría gramatical, como sustantivo o un verbo o un adjetivo o adverbio.

Onomatopoeia Here is a link to a thread with lists of onomatopoeia to get you started. Be careful though. A true onomatopoeia is not just an interjection. It should also be able to be used as at least one other part of speech, such as noun or verb or adjective or adverb.

Nuevos Enlaces ~ New Links

Voces de Animales y Chistes de OnomatopeyasMuchas gracias a LatetoDinner por mandarme estos enlaces. A big thank you to LatetoDinner for sending me these links on the site Juegos de Palabras.


Voy a comenzar con la letra A. ~ I will start it off with the letter A.


A ~ ¡AUUU! ~ owooooo!

~ los sonidos que hacen los lobos y los perros por la noche

Aullar ~ to howl

el Aullido ~ the howl

Abajo de la luna llena, el lobo aulló.

Los aullidos del lobo me subieron los pelitos en mi nuca.

Beneath the full moon, the wolf howled.

The howls of the wolf raised the hairs on the back of my neck.

¡AUUUUUUUUUU!!!! ¡Hombres Lobo de Londres!

OoWOOOOOOO!!!! Werewolves of London!

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updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by sagiia
I am hoping this game will really help me as a storyteller when telling stories in Spanish. - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
jajaja, this is a fun one! I love onomatopoeias. ;-) - chaparrito, Aug 10, 2010
I hope you don't mind I added links to 'Newest' in your rules. :) - chaparrito, Aug 10, 2010
¡Gracias! - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
Chaparrito, it was you who gave me the ides, with your Pow! and your Zing! - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
May I suggest you drop the A-Z portion of the requirements ... the rest of the requirements more than make it a challenge. - LateToDinner, Aug 10, 2010
Thanks, sagiia. But I don't know, LateTo. I think it would be interesting to see this one through to Z! :) After that... who knows? ;) - chaparrito, Aug 11, 2010
Saglia what an impressive post - bien hecho :) - Kiwi-Girl, Aug 12, 2010
Gracias MC. - sagiia, Aug 19, 2010

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-shhhhhhh! -shhhhhhh! As far as I can tell it's the same in both languages!

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by kokolatte
Ummm... In Spanish it is 'SSssssss'. (Seriously). :-D - chaparrito, Aug 11, 2010
Oh, how funny! Perhaps in Argentina it's shh? I saw an Argentine song that used the word shh. - kokolatte, Aug 11, 2010
I also saw this in a list posted by Numael. silencio ¡chist!; ¡chiss!; ¡chsss! - sagiia, Aug 12, 2010
I found this on Juegos de Palabras ~ Onomatopeyas: "Chis" sonido para imponer silencio, suele ir acompañado por algún gesto, como el de poner el dedo índice en los labios. - sagiia, Aug 12, 2010
This is one that is onomatopoeia in English (hush), but not in Spanish. Hush [jash-ma-ni] 1. Apaciguar, aquietar, sosegar, acallar (quieten). 2. Mitigar, calmar. 3. Callar. To hush up -> ocultar, mantener secreto - JoyceM, Aug 12, 2010
SD dictionary lists ¡chist! as an interjection meaning shhh! and chistar as a verb meaning to mutter or mumble, but when used in the negative it seems to mean without a sound nor a word. - sagiia, Aug 12, 2010
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jingle = tintineo

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by canicos
y el verbo es tintinear. - sagiia, Aug 11, 2010
¡tilín, tilín!; or ¡tintín, tintín! These are the sounds of little bells, like jingle bells, or the cascabeles del paletero. Bigger bells make different sounds. - sagiia, Aug 11, 2010
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F - Fizz

Burbujear

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by chaparrito
¿¿¿ " ¡paf! ¡paf! ¡zas! ¡zas! ¡Ay, qué alivio es!" ??? - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
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C

Cló-cló Gallina clueca

Cloquear

Cloqueo

Cluck-cluck cried the chicken

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by LateToDinner
¡Que comico! Y el verbo, será cloquear. Y el sustantivo ~ el cloqueo - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
¡Lo hiciste perfecto! - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
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B

You can discount this one, but the only "b" I can think of is :

Buzz , which I think might be "zumbar" in Spanish.

Is that what you're after?

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by fontanero
That's a good example. - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
Thanks for the pic Late. - fontanero, Aug 10, 2010
Y zumbido es el sustantivo. - sagiia, Aug 11, 2010
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Amigos,

Paciencia, paciencia, paciencia!!! Nos saltamos las siguientes letras:

L - Ladrar - to bark

M - Miau

N - Neigh - relincho

updated Aug 24, 2010
edited by LuisaGomezBartle
posted by LuisaGomezBartle
Thank you for noticing and going back to get those letters for us. - sagiia, Aug 11, 2010
Siempre pasa, la gente no aguanta... - LuisaGomezBartle, Aug 11, 2010
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¡Rumm rum! es el sonido de los motos

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by Kanninchen
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¡quiquiriquí!- - Cock-a-doodle-doo!- -

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by kokolatte
I wonder if it's Cock-a-doodle-doo's equivalent, but I'm not sure. - kokolatte, Aug 11, 2010
I think it is... I'm not a native speaker, but we learned "kikiriki" as the rooster's call in my high school Spanish class. - Anadrien, Aug 11, 2010
Yes, it is- I edited it. How does one put pictures on these? - kokolatte, Aug 11, 2010
Find a picture online, copy its location, then edit your post and click the button that looks like a picture. Paste the location in there. - Anadrien, Aug 11, 2010
cacarear ~ to crow, el cacareo ~ the crow(not the bird of course) o tambien se puede decir "Quiriquiriquí " es el canto del gallo. - sagiia, Aug 12, 2010
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Hiss - Silbido de serpiente

Hiss - Hiss of the snake.

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by Brynleigh
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¡guau! - woof (dog barking)

(Hope that works... the verb "to bark" is "ladrar.")

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by Anadrien
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O

oomph==Spirited vigor === 1. oomph (energy)marcha (f)

Give it a little more oomph! Ponga un poco de oomph en el asunto!

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by 002262dd
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Kerplunk the sound of a heavy object falling into water.

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by 192flat
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E

Elefante :biaaah

barrito

barritar

Elephant

trumpet

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by LateToDinner
¡Super! - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
I had asked him if he would give me a ride, that was his answer! I thought .. how rude! - LateToDinner, Aug 12, 2010
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D

Delfin: iiii iiii

chasquido

chasquear

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by LateToDinner
Ok, iiiiii is the sound a dolphin makes. Now how would that translate into a verb? In English or Spanish? - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
Uncooperative internet this morning, are you not having any trouble? - LateToDinner, Aug 10, 2010
Yes I have been having problems. I worked on this question for a long time and when ZI went to post it, se fue! I had to do it all over again. - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
Aaah! Clicking. El delfín pueda chillar tambien. - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
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¡Mu! = Moo!!

updated Dec 19, 2011
edited by StuartSD
posted by 00494ed7
Is this an A or the Z? - LateToDinner, Aug 10, 2010
¡Bueno! Now can you take that the next step and find out how to say the verb to moo and the noun? - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
Oh, ya me percaté que no seguiste el orden alfabético. - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
Funny picture though! - sagiia, Aug 10, 2010
More than funny! I love that 2nd cow's line. I've lived it too many times. - LateToDinner, Aug 11, 2010