surprise:

English definition | in French | in Spanish in context | images

 Listen: US - UK

Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary © 2006 Oxford University Press:

surprise /səˡpraɪz/ noun sorpreso f transitive verb sorprendere;
be ~d essere sorpreso (at da)

Subscribe to the Oxford Concise or Unabridged dictionary for more translations, meanings and examples.

'surprise' found in these entries:

English:

boo - bulge - huh - phew - take - whew - wide-eyed - wonder

Italian:

cogliere - improvvisata - meravigliare - riservarsi - sorprendere - sorpresa - specie

surprise: WordReference English-Italian Dictionary © 2009

Principal Translations/Traduzioni principali
surprise	vtr	(be unexpected)	sorprendere, stupire vtr ⇒ ⇒
The cold weather at the beach really surprised us.
Il freddo alla spiaggia ci ha davvero sorpreso.
surprise	vtr	(do sth unexpected and nice for)	stupire vtr ⇒
We surprised her with flowers.
L'abbiamo stupita con dei fiori.
surprise	interj	(greeting to party)	sorpresa interiez
Surprise! Happy birthday!
Sorpresa! Buon compleanno!
surprise	n	(unexpected event)	sorpresa nf
The call from his long-lost brother was a genuine surprise.
La chiamata di suo fratello, che non sentiva da molto, è stata una vera sorpresa.
surprise	n	(emotional reaction to a surprise)	stupore nm
			sorpresa nf
Her surprise at the party showed on her face.
Le si leggeva in faccia lo stupore per la festa.
surprise	n	(catching sb unawares)	sorpresa nf
The surprise went well. He had no idea that they were going to do that.
La sorpresa è andata bene. Non aveva idea che avrebbero organizzato la cosa.
Additional Translations
surprise	adj	(unexpected)	a sorpresa avv
They threw him a surprise birthday party.
Gli hanno organizzato una festa di compleanno a sorpresa.
surprise	vi	(cause surprise)	sorprendere vi ⇒
She is so inventive, and always surprises.
Ha una grande inventiva e riesce sempre a sorprendere.
surprise	vtr	(catch)	sorprendere vtr ⇒
The police surprised the burglars with the money in their hands.
La polizia ha sorpreso i borseggiatori con i soldi in mano.
surprise	vtr	(attack by surprise)	sorprendere vtr ⇒
The enemy surprised them early in the morning.
Il nemico li sorprese di prima mattina.
Suggest improvements for "surprise" above.
Report an error

Compound Forms/Forme composte
by surprise			di sorpresa
come as a surprise			cogliere di sorpresa
come as no surprise			non cogliere di sorpresa
element of surprise			elemento di sorpresa nm
surprise package			pacco sorpresa
surprise party			festa a sorpresa
taken by surprise			preso di sorpresa
Report an error

Forum discussions with the word(s) 'surprise' in the title:
Discussioni nei forum nel cui titolo è presente la parola 'surprise':

a surprise for my neighbour
A surprise for someone special
C'mon, Mario, we have a happy surprise
Enclosed is a surprise diamond engagement ring for my girlfriend.
For the girl, it was evident to Will, the surprise was far from delightful.
Is that a surprise?
it should come as no surprise that...
Look out for surprise bags instore
Mild expletives/phrases to show surprise
scrutinized the documents with growing surprise
Surprise bag
surprise ending
surprise me
surprise me on New Year's Eve
surprise party
Take by surprise
to a surprise yearning greater than flesh or adventure
To his surprise
tuna surprise
was he in for a surprise
We suspect some of the report’s material will come as a surprise
What a surprise!
You didn't ruin the surprise.. I hope you like it
Your message was a surprise.

• Poni tu stesso una domanda.
• Visita il forum Italiano-Inglese.

In other languages: Spanish | French | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Add WordReference search box to your Google
homepage:

	Google.com
Italiano:
Universal:

Add WR to Firefox
searchbox / Scarica i
plug-in di Firefox
per WordReference