Hella vs Yella - What's the difference?
hella | yella |
(slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) a lot; or, a hell of a lot.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies verbs); to a large extent; totally; very much.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) Intensifier (modifies adjectives); to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
(slang, chiefly Northern California) For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
As a determiner hella
is intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.As a pronoun hella
is a lot; or, a hell of a lot.As an adverb hella
is intensifier (modifies verbs); to a large extent; totally; very much.As an interjection hella
is for sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.As a contraction hella
is hell have.As a proper noun Hella
is any of various place names (see Wikipedia for places with this name).As an adjective yella is
eye dialect of yellow.hella
English
(wikipedia hella)Etymology 1
Related to "a hell of a". Originally slang. Also helluv .Determiner
(en determiner)- There are hella people here.
Synonyms
* madPronoun
(English Pronouns)- We paid hella for that Chinese cuisine.
Adverb
(-)- I can't tell you how much I hella love the new track.
- Jane was driving away, and the door was open, so I hella ran for it.
- Oh, today's Cyrell's bday. We hella sang her happy birthday at the spot.
- I guess she seems hella stoned in her commercial.
- I've been a Star Wars fan since I was hella young.
Synonyms
* wicked (North East US)Interjection
(en interjection)- "We definitely rocked that shit man!" "Hella !"