órale

See also: orale

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoɾale/ [ˈo.ɾa.le]
• Rhymes: -oɾale
• Syllabification: ó‧ra‧le

Etymology 1

From ora (aphetic form of ahora) le. Unrelated to the imperative órale (“pray!, say!”) in etymology 2, though perhaps influenced by it through association. Some other Mexican Spanish exhortative exclamations are proparoxytone imperative forms ending in -le (ándale, apúrale, córrele, etc.).

Interjection

órale

1. (Mexico) let's go, come on, hurry (used to exhort)
2. (Mexico) oh my God, wow, whoa (indicates amazement, astonishment, excitement, surprise, shock, fear)
3. (Mexico) yes, okay, alright (indicates approbation)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

órale

1. second-person singular imperative of orar combined with le

Further reading

• “órale”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28