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How to say "hell yes"

Unfiltered joy and triumph. The goal was scored, the plan worked, the round is on them.

French

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Ça déchire ! sa day-SHEER That rocks! / That's awesome! C'est de la balle ! say duh la BAL It's the bomb! / Awesome! Grave ! GRAHV Totally! / For real! / So much (intensifier) Putain, c'est trop bien ! poo-TAN say troh BYAN F***, this is so good! On les a niqués ! ohn lay za nee-KAY We destroyed them! / We smashed them! Allez les Bleus ! a-LAY lay BLUH Go France! / Come on France!

German

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Geil! GYLE Awesome! / Sick! / Hell yes! Ich hab voll Bock! ikh HAHP foll BOK I'm totally up for it! / I really fancy it!

Greek

all Greek →
ώπα ópa OH-pah Oops! / Hey, watch it! / Let's go! — NOT mainly the plate-smashing tourist cheer. γαμάτο gamáto ghah-MAH-toh Awesome / badass / fucking great. τέλειο téleio TEH-lee-oh Perfect / awesome / great — the clean, all-ages enthusiasm word. πάμε páme PAH-meh Let's go! / Come on! — the rallying cry. κέφι kéfi KEH-fee The good-time feeling — soul, joy, being in the mood to celebrate.

Italian

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Grande! GRAHN-day Nice one! / You legend! / Way to go! Spacchi! SPAHK-kee You rock! / You're killing it! Alla grande! AHL-lah GRAHN-day Going great! / Living large! Forza! FOR-tsah Come on! / Let's go! / Go [team]!

Japanese

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やった yatta YAHT-tah Yes! / I did it! / We won! 最高 saikō sigh-KOH The best! / awesome / peak よっしゃ yossha YOSH-shah Alright! / Let's go! / Here we go!

Korean

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아싸! assa AH-ssah Yes! / score! — the fist-pump syllables. 개이득 gaeideuk geh-EE-deuk Massive win / total steal — profit so good it needs the dog prefix. 대~한민국! (짝짝 짝 짝짝) daehanminguk DEH-hahn-meen-GOOK KO-RE-A! — the national chant, complete with its mandatory clap pattern.

Polish

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zajebisty zah-yeh-BEES-tih Fucking awesome / badass — the great slang-POSITIVE of the jebać family. Polska, gola! POL-skah GOH-lah Come on Poland, score! — the national team's simplest chant.

Portuguese

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Que massa! keh MAH-sah How cool! / Awesome! Arrasou! ah-hah-ZOH You nailed it! / You killed it! / Slay! Mito! MEE-too Legend! / You're the man! / Icon! Jogar com raça zhoh-GAR kohng HAH-sah To play with heart, grit, and hunger

Russian

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Офигенно! ofigenno ah-fee-GYEN-nah Freaking awesome! / Amazing! Ура! ura oo-RAH Hooray! / Yes! Заебись! zayebis' zah-yee-BEES Fucking great! / Awesome as hell!

Spanish

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Sale SAH-leh OK! / Deal! / Sounds good ¡Chingón! cheen-GOHN Badass / awesome / kickass De poca madre deh POH-kah MAH-dreh Freaking awesome / the best ¡A huevo! ah WEH-voh Hell yes! / damn right! Me late meh LAH-teh I'm into it / sounds good / I've got a feeling

Turkish

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Helal olsun! heh-LAHL ol-SOON Good on you! / Respect! / You earned it! Aferin! ah-feh-REEN Well done! / Good job! / Attaboy! Kral! KRAHL You're the man! / Legend! / Boss! Harika! hah-ree-KAH Wonderful! / Fantastic! / Great! Adamsın! ah-dahm-SUHN You're a real one / you're the man / good on you Hadi aslanlar! hah-DEE ahs-lahn-LAR Come on, lads! / Let's go, boys!