ay

A2Rank #705

ah!, alas!

Part of speech
interjection
Frequency rank
#705 of 5,000

¡Ay de ti si no te rebelas!

Woe is you if you do not rebel!

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"ay" in example sentences

"ay" appears in 17 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. Here are 3 of them.

Ay, se nos ha ido joven.

Alas, she died young.

Tatoeba #1503518

¡Ay! Usted no me conoce, señor.

Alas! You do not know me, Sir.

Tatoeba #1128254

¡Ay, no! ¡Qué miedo!

Oh, no! I'm so scared!

Tatoeba #10157289

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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