köken: Shortening of nossa senhora (literally “our lady”), itself a shortening of minha nossa senhora (literally “my our lady”). The expression minha nossa senhora is probably influenced by meu Deus (literally “my God”), similarly to English Oh, my God and Spanish Dios mío.
Benge percebeu o clima tenso e resolveu dar mais uma das suas: — Nossa! O Chefinho tá-que-tá! Uma fera!
used to express pleasure, e.g. because something tastes good or feels nice · used to express pleasant surprise · used to express reservations, slight disagreement, doubt etc.
köken: Partly borrowed from German, English, French, from Latin ah (“ah”), from Proto-Indo-European *ā. Partly also onomatopoeic. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål ah, English ah, German ah, French ah and Latin ah.