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All about the French word "Voilà"

Are you ready to discover everything you need to know about the basic word "Voilà"? Including a detailed explanation of what it is and how to use it in a normal conversation with an audio example. But that's not all, we also added some super useful stuff like synonym, dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio and more!

English translation

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  Translation : There you go / Here it is

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  Register : Neutral - Basic

How to pronounce it

Slow

Normal

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  IPA : / vwala /

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Voilà meaning

Definition

"Voilà" is a French interjection which means "There it is!" / "There you go!" / "This is it!". We use it to express satisfaction or to highlight an achievement. It basically creates drama when making an announcement or revealing something.

How to use it

Use it when you want to highlight something you just did, something you are happy with or proud of. Long story short: anything that deserves a little touch of drama...

• Voilà, le dîner est prêt ! → There it is, dinner is ready!
• Voilà, j'ai fini de ranger ma chambre ! → This is it, I'm done cleaning my room!
• Voilà, j'avais encore raison ! → There it is, I was right again!
• Voilà, tu aurais dû m'écouter ! → There you go, you should have listen to me!

We also use it sometimes with "Et" (And) as follows: "Et voila !" to make it even more theatrical.

• Et voilà, tu as tout cassé ! → And there you go, you broke everything!
• Et voilà, je suis le meilleur ! → And this is it, I'm the best!

N.B: We are here focusing on the famous use of "Voilà" as a preposition, but we can also use it in many different other cases in a sentence.

Funny stuff

It literally means "See there" because it comes from the words "Vois → see" and "là → there" but with it became just one word.

Synonyms / Related

• Et voilà → And there it is / And there you go / And this is it
• Voici → There it is / There you go / This is it
• Et voici → And there it is / And there you go / And this is it

Example in a dialogue

Dialogue

Tu peux me passer le pain, s'il te plaît ?

Can you pass me the bread, please?

Voilà

There you go

Merci

Thank you

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