Definizione monolingua

surprise

surprise (third-person singular simple present surprises, present participle surprising, simple past and past participle surprised)

1. (transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.

   It surprises me that I owe twice as much as I thought I did.

2. (transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.

   He doesnt know that Im in the country - I thought Id turn up at his house and surprise him.

3. (intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.

   He doesnt surprise easily.

4. (intransitive) To cause surprise.
5. (transitive) To attack unexpectedly.
6. (transitive) To take unawares.

surprise (plural surprises)

1. Something not expected.

   It was a surprise to find out I owed twice as much as I thought I did.

2. (attributive) Unexpected.

   The surprise attack was devastating.

3. The feeling that something unexpected has happened.

   Imagine my surprise on learning I owed twice as much as I thought I did.

Definizione dizionario surprise

	sorpresa
	something not expected
	Something unexpected.

	sorprendere
	cause (someone) to feel surprise
	To cause someone to feel surprise.

	stupire
	cause (someone) to feel surprise

maravigliare

meraviglia

meravigliare

stupore

surprise

Altri significati:

(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted.

(transitive) To take unawares.

(intransitive) To undergo or witness something unexpected.

Something not expected.

attributively: that is unexpected

(transitive) To attack unexpectedly.

feeling that something unexpected has happened

do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise

(attributive) Unexpected.

(intransitive) To cause surprise.

The feeling that something unexpected has happened.

(transitive) To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.