yay

• Interjeição usada para expressar alegria, entusiasmo, comemoração ou aprovação.

An exclamation used to express joy, excitement, triumph, or enthusiastic approval in response to positive news, events, or achievements.

1. Expression of joy or celebrationA1informal

   Used to express happiness, excitement, or triumph when something good happens or is announced.

   Expressão de alegria ou celebração

   • Yay! We finally passed the exam!
   • The concert starts in an hour. Yay!
   • Yay, it's the weekend!

2. Expression of enthusiastic approvalA2informal

   Used to show strong support, agreement, or encouragement for an idea, plan, or someone's achievement.

   Expressão de aprovação entusiástica

   • Yay for the new policy!
   • Three cheers for the team. Yay!
   • She got the promotion! Yay!

• Substantivo que designa um ramo das línguas tai, pertencente à família linguística falada em algumas partes do Sudeste Asiático. Também pode se referir ao povo ou à língua desse grupo.

A noun referring to a branch of the Tai languages, a language family spoken in parts of Southeast Asia.

nome próprio

1. A branch of the Tai languagesC2formal

   A subgroup of the Tai language family, spoken in parts of Southeast Asia.

   Ramo das línguas tai

   • The Yay language is part of the larger Tai-Kadai family.
   • Linguists study the Yay branch to understand historical language shifts.
   • Some dialects within the Yay branch are mutually intelligible.