Meaning of aiyo | Babel Free

Definitions

Expressing distress, regret, or fear.

China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South, Sri-Lanka, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“'Are you crying for your father?' 'Aiyo, aiyo!' wailed the girl. 'I shall never see him again!'”

“Aiyo! aiyo! My little Podi Sinho!”

“'Aiyo its our Kalu' they all cried.”

“Aiyo! Never thought our beloved principal will come to this end.”

“Aiyow! I don't know how I got the compulsion to say all that. But I really did.”

“Vijaya touched Rajam's forehead and exclaimed, Aiyo. She is running very high temperature.”

CEFR level