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. Some other Mexican Spanish exclamations used to exhort are proparoxytone imperative forms ending with -le (ándale, apúrale, córrele, etc.).

Unrelated to the imperative órale (“pray!; say!”) (Etymology 2), though perhaps influenced by it due to folk etymology.

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, ok, alright (indicates approbation)

Etymology 2

Verb

órale

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

Further reading

• “órale”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014