oops

Etymology
A presumably 'natural' exclamation, attested in writing since 1921. Related to or a variation of (itself attested since 1933). A shortening of, , or oops-a-daisy, which in turn is a mispronunciation of or.

Derived terms

 * oops baby

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Breton:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:, hovsa
 * Dutch:, , , amaai
 * Esperanto: ups,
 * Finnish:, , , upsista, hupsis, hupsista
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: უი, ვაი, უფს
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: úps,, obbosí
 * Indonesian: ups
 * Irish: hoips, úps
 * Italian: ups,
 * Japanese:, しまった, , , あらら,
 * Korean:
 * Malay: oop
 * Navajo: yíh, wah, waháá
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ups
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian: ups,, , ajoj,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Hungarian: hoppáka
 * Japanese: ,
 * Malay: oop
 * Polish: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: oh oh


 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:

Noun

 * 1) A minor mistake or unforseen difficulty.

Verb

 * 1)  To make a mistake; to blunder.