What does HWYL mean in slang?

(in Welsh use) a stirring feeling of emotional motivation and energy.

How do you pronounce HWYL in Welsh?

Well the Welsh have their own word to express a sense of fun, energy and enjoyment: hwyl, which is pronounced ‘hoo-eel’. Hwyl means a lot more than just fun: it is used to express a stirring sensation, fervour, emotion, motivation and enthusiasm. It can also mean ‘goodbye’ as a shortened version of ‘hwyl fawr’.

What is HWYL Fawr?

goodbye. would you like to…

How do you use HWYL in a sentence?

The people said he had been wonderful; such hwyl had never been heard in our chapel, they said.

Do it for the HWYL?

They agree, they say, because they want to do it for the hwyl. The Oxford English Dictionary defines hwyl this way: “an emotional quality which inspires and sustains impassioned eloquence; also, the fervour of emotion characteristic of gatherings of Welsh people.” This is part of a complete episode.

How do you greet someone in Welsh?

Greetings

1. “Bore da” – Good morning. pronunciation: ‘bore-ray-dah’
2. “Prynhawn da” – Good afternoon. pronunciation: ‘prin-how’n-dah’
3. “Nos da” – Good night. pronunciation: ‘Nohs-dah’
4. “Helô / Hylô” – Hello. pronunciation: ‘hell-oh / hill-oh’

What is Hwyl all about?

Gavin Henson said: ‘Hwyl is all about passion, spirit and a sense of achievement – it really is how I felt after our win over the English!’ And team captain Michael Owen said: ‘One word sums it up – passion.’

What is the origin of the Welsh word Hwyl?

Its origins lie in a much older sense of the sail of a ship and hence elliptically one’s course — in life rather than on the sea. Most broadly, in Welsh hwyl refers to a person’s mood. By itself it can also mean “goodbye” as a common short form of hwyl fawr, roughly “all the best”, as can pob hwyl.

What is Welshness in a word?

But in Welsh the word more often refers to a complex and intangible quality of passion and sense of belonging that isn’t easy to translate but which has been said to sum up Welshness in a word. The Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (the big dictionary of Welsh recently published by the University of Wales) lays out its ramifications like this:

Is Hwyl Wales’own sense of energy vs Irish Craic?

Now as Wales prepares to battle with Ireland at Lansdowne Road tomorrow, a new tourism campaign is pitting hwyl, Wales’ own sense of energy and cultural passion, against Irish craic.