whoa

whoa, hold on

interjection Rare #41,511

whoa, hold on English interjection sometimes used in casual French (especially online) to express surprise or to tell someone to stop/wait.

FR: Whoa, attends une seconde !

EN: Whoa, wait a second!

Whoa, it's snowing on the mountain, huh?

— Troupe d'Élite (2007)

Whoa, that's a lot of birds.

— Suzume (2022)

Whoa!

— Ratatouille (2007)

Hey, whoa, whoa!

— Oppenheimer (2023)

— Parasite (2019)