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hu, hu, hu

English translation: Laughter

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Italian term or phrase:hu, hu, hu
English translation:Laughter
Entered by: Maria Burnett

16:58 Oct 15, 2019
Italian to English translations [PRO]
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Italian term or phrase: hu, hu, hu
Gli umani non amano nessuno – brontolò il compagno.
– Hu hu hu, sai bene che non è vero. Su quel tetto io li ho visti prendersi cura l’uno dell’altro, i grandi preoccuparsi dei piccoli... Però sono molto confusi su diverse altre cose.
– Confusi tanto – ribadì Daki con la voce impastata di sonno.

is there a dictionary with these words? does anyone know???
Maria Burnett
United States
Local time: 19:02
Laughter
Explanation:
It is not a word, but an onomatopoeia for a deep laugh. In fact it is different from the other "ha ha ha" laugh.
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Giulia Latini
Italy
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5 -1Laughter
Giulia Latini
3tu-whit tu-whoo
Wolf Draeger


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Laughter


Explanation:
It is not a word, but an onomatopoeia for a deep laugh. In fact it is different from the other "ha ha ha" laugh.


    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=huhu
Giulia Latini
Italy
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
PRO pts in category: 4

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disagree  bluenoric: OT is in Italian
13 hrs
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1 day 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
tu-whit tu-whoo


Explanation:
The standard lexical representation of an owl's typical call. You can mix it up for variation, and if you need to repeat the call, maybe follow it up with "tu-whoo"—i.e. "tu-whit tu-whoo, tu-whoo".

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Note added at 1 day 2 hrs (2019-10-16 19:33:25 GMT)
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For examples of the many sounds owls make:
https://www.owlpages.com/owls/sounds.php

Example sentence(s):
  • Tu-whit tu-whoo, you know very well that isn't true.

    Reference: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tu-whit_tu-whoo
    Reference: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/tu-whit-...
Wolf Draeger
South Africa
Local time: 01:02
Native speaker of: English
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