• Czech: překvapení
• Danish: overraskelse
• Dutch: verrassing, verbazing
• Finnish: hämmästys
• German: Überraschung
• Hungarian: ámulat, megdöbbenés
• Irish: ionadh
• Japanese: (, odoroki)
• Norwegian: overraskelse
• Polish: niespodzianka
• Portuguese: surpresa
• Russian: удивление
• Slovene: presenečenje
• Spanish: sorpresa
• Swedish: överraskning , förvåning

• Arabic:
• Chinese: 吃驚, 吃惊 (chījīng)
• Czech: překvapit
• Danish: overraske
• Dutch: verbazen, verrassen
• Finnish: yllättää, hämmästyttää
• French: étonner
• German: überraschen
• Hungarian: meglepni
• Italian: sorprendere
• Japanese: 驚かす (おどろかす, odorokasu)
• Korean: 놀라게 하다 (nollage hada)
• Norwegian: overraske
• Polish: dziwić
• Portuguese: surpreender
• Russian: удивлять/удивить (udivlját’/udivít')
• Slovene: presenetiti
• Spanish: sorprender
• Swedish: överraska
• Telugu: ఆశ్చర్యపరచు (AScharyaparacu)

• Danish: overraske
• Dutch: verrassen
• Finnish: yllättää
• Norwegian: overraske
• Polish: zaskakiwać
• Slovene: presenetiti
• Swedish: överraska

French

Etymology

From verb surprendre.

Pronunciation

Verb form

surprise

1. feminine of surpris

   Je t'ai surprise en flagrant délit.

Noun

fr-noun f

1. surprise (something unexpected)

Surprise may refer to:

• The emotion
• Surprise party, a party of which the honored person is not told of beforehand.
• Surprise factor, the fundamental element in humor that puts a twist on familiar subjects
• Surprise, surprisal, or self-information, the information-theoretic quantity \log = - \log, where p is the probability of occurrence
• Symphony No. 94 (Haydn) in G major "Surprise Symphony" by Joseph Haydn
• "Surprise" (Buffy episode), an episode of the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Surprise, Arizona, a city in the United States
• Surprise, Nebraska, a village in the United States
• Surprise (Paul Simon album), a 2006 album by Paul Simon
• Surprise (Better Than Ezra album), a 1989 album by Better Than Ezra
• (T)Raumschiff Surprise - Periode 1, a German science fiction parody film by Michael "Bully" Herbig
• HMS Surprise, various real and fictional Royal Navy ships
• Ambush or military surprise, a military strategy to strike the enemy at a time or place or in a manner for which they are unprepared
• Surprise!, an award-winning short film by Veit Helmer
• Surprise (animated film), an animated short film created by Pixar Animation Studios for Sesame Street
• Surprise Records, a record label
• "Surprise, Arizona" a song by Richard Buckner
• Surprise Moriri, a South African football (soccer) player

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