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