huh
/hʌ/ interjección B1En español: que, eh
- Used to express doubt or confusion. · Huh? Where did they go?
- Used to express amusement or subtle surprise. · Huh! I'm sure I locked it when I left.
- Used to reinforce a question. · Where were you last night? Huh?
- Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement. · (belittlement) A: "We should go to an amusement park; it would be fun." B: "Huh."· (agreement) A: "Murder is bad." B: "Huh!"
- Used to indicate that one did not hear what was said. · Huh? Could you speak up?
- Used to create a tag question. · It's getting kind of late, huh?
- Representing the sound of heavy breathing.
- Representing a chuckling sound.
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