Meanings
nounsurprise party (plural surprise parties)
plural surprise parties
- A preplanned party in which participants secretively gather in a certain location, wait for the arrival of the person they wish to honour and, traditionally, greet the arrival of the honoured person by shouting, "Surprise!".
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 驚喜聚會 /惊喜聚会, 驚喜派對 /惊喜派对
- 驚喜聚會 /惊喜聚会 (jīngxǐ jùhuì)type of party
- 驚喜派對 /惊喜派对 (jīngxǐ pàiduì)type of party
Finnish yllätysjuhlat
- yllätysjuhlattype of party
French surprise-partie
- surprise-partietype of party
German Überraschungsparty, Überraschungsfeier
- Überraschungspartytype of party
- Überraschungsfeiertype of party
- Überraschungfesttype of party
Hungarian meglepetésparti
- meglepetéspartitype of party
Portuguese festa surpresa
- festa surpresatype of party
Spanish fiesta sorpresa
- fiesta sorpresatype of party
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Chicago
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