Interjections or how we express feelings in different languages

Hi ! Remember my post about onomatopoeic words ? These words represented the actual sound of things. Today, I'm going to discover you something quite similar : interjections. In all the languages, we can express our feelings very quickly, loudly and clear thanks to interjections. They also help us to keep the discourse open. Interjections, as aforementioned, exist in all the languages and they are really important to actually speak the language, or, rather, to look like a native speaker of the language. They can be marked in punctuation with an exclamation mark ! Here you have some interjections classified in accordance with the sentiment or feeling they express both in English and Spanish. Enjoy ! P.S. I don't know if you've realized that I started this post with an interjection ! 

Interjections to open, keep or close the discourse

SPANISH	ENGLISH
Hello! Hi!	¡ Hola!
Goodbye! / Bye! / Bye bye!	¡ Adiós!
See you / see ya	¡Hasta luego! / ¡Hasta pronto!
Good morning!	¡Buenos días!
Good afternoon!	¡Buenas tardes!
Good evening! / Good night!	¡Buenas noches!
Howdy! / Morning! / Afternoon!/Evening!	¡Buenas!
Thank you!/ Thanks! / Cheers!	¡Gracias!
Please!	¡Por favor! / ¡Porfa! / ¡Porfi!

Interjections linked to positive feelings (happiness,....)

ENGLISH	SPANISH	MEANING
¡Wow!	¡Guau!	Amazement
Hah! /heh! / he he/ ha ha	¡Ja ja! ¡jeje! ¡jiji! ¡Ja!	Amusement
Yes!/Yap!/Yeah!/Aye!	¡Sí!	Affirmation
Yahoo!/Yippie!/Yeah!/Great/Yay! Yee-haw!	¡Bien! / ¡Vamos!/ ¡Genial! / ¡Yupi! / ¡Yiha!	Joy
Aww! / Oh! / Aw !	¡Ohhhh!	Beauty (how sweet!)
Hurrah! / Hooray! / Huzzah! / Hurray	¡Hurra!	Joy (celebration)
Cool! /Super!	¡Guay!	Joy

Yum!

¡Ñam nañ!

Good taste

Interjections to express disgust or negative elements 

ENGLISH	SPANISH	MEANING
Yuck! / yuk! Argh! / Augh! / Eww	¡Puaj!/Agh!	Disgust
Hah! /heh! / hehe/ haha	¡Ja ja! ¡jeje! ¡jiji! ¡Ja!	Amusement
No! / Nope! / Nah! /	¡No!	Negation
D’oh! / Ouch! / Yikes !	¡Aiba! / ¡Mecagoen...! / ¡Mecachis!	Joy
Oops	¡Ups!	Bad surprise
Pff! / beh! / meh!	¡Bah!	Indifference
Alas !	¡Ay! / ¡aiba!	Concern

Oh my ! / Oh my goodness ! Goodness me ! / Holy goodness!

¡Por Dios! / ¡Oh, Dios mío ! / ¡Santo cielo!

Concern/ fear

Ouch!

¡Au! / ¡aah!

Pain

Other interjections

ENGLISH	SPANISH	MEANING
Aha!	¡Ajá!	Discovery
Hmm	Mmmm....	Doubt
Oh (I see) ! / Uhuh	¡Ah! / ¡ajá!	Understanding
¡Phew!	¡Fiu! / ¡Uy!	"that was close"
Psss	¡Psss!	To call someone's attention
Shh! / Hush !	¡Shh!	Be quiet

¡Ahem!

¡Ejem!

To attract attention

Interjections with remarkable cultural differences

ENGLISH	SPANISH	MEANING
Peek-a-boo	Cucu...tras	Surprise a baby
Cheese	Patata	What people say before someone takes a picture of them.
Oh (I see) ! / Uhuh!	¡Ah! / ¡ajá!	Understanding
¡Cheers!	Chin, chin	What people say before making a toast

You are welcome ! / No problem ! / Not at all ! / Don't mention it !

De nada

After someone thanks you for something.

Bless you

Salud

What people say to you after sneezing

Did you like my selection of interjections! Here I leave a dictionary of interjections for you ! I hope you appreciate it ! Why don't you add more interjections to my list ?