What does Illia say


Several times in the film, Illia says something like "Ooom pah". It sounds like an expression for the English "Wow!" Is there anyone who knows exactly what she says and how it is spelled in English (not Greek letters)?

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Its the expression "opa" and it's pronounced as it's written but the "p" you pronounce it with a slight touch.

It's an expression. It doesnt means anything in greek and we say it as "cheers" when we want to have fun or others to have fun with us. Usually tourists know it when they visit Greece and may thing it means something.

To have fun, we call it "kefi" in greek. To make "kefi" for dance or to make "kefi" for singing.

We say ooooopa and we make kefi.

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