Phrase guide

it depends

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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phrase

Meaning 1

Used to indicate that different situations may produce different results.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ذلك يعتمد (ḏālika yaʕtamidu) — it depends
  • Arabic: على حسب (ʕála ḥásab) — it depends
  • Arabic: حسب (ḥásab) — it depends
  • Chinese Cantonese: 睇情況 /睇情况 (tai2 cing4 fong3) — it depends
  • Chinese Mandarin: 看情況 /看情况 (kàn qíngkuàng) — it depends
  • Chinese Mandarin: 取決於...... /取决于...... (qǔjuéyú...) — it depends
  • Dutch: het hangt ervan af — it depends
  • Finnish: se riippuu (jostakin) — it depends
  • French: ça dépend — it depends
  • German: das kommt darauf an — it depends
  • Hindi: वह निर्भर करता हैं (vah nirbhar kartā ha͠i) — it depends
  • Hungarian: attól függ — it depends
  • Italian: dipende — it depends
  • Persian: بستگی دارد (bastegi dârad) — it depends
  • Polish: to zależy — it depends
  • Portuguese: depende — it depends
  • Romanian: depinde — it depends
  • Spanish: depende — it depends
  • Swedish: det beror på — it depends
  • Tagalog: depende — it depends
  • Turkish: duruma göre değişir — it depends
  • Urdu: صورت حال پر منحصر ہے (sūrat-e-hāl par munhasir hai) — it depends
  • Urdu: صورت حال پر انحصار کرتا ہے (sūrat-e-hāl par inhisār kartā hai) — it depends
  • Urdu: صورت حال پر دار و مدار ہے (sūrat-e-hāl par dār-o-madār hai) — it depends