so-so

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• /ˈsəʊˌsəʊ/
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From Middle English so so, from Old English swā swā, equivalent to so + so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: çka — neither good nor bad
• Arabic: بَيْنَ بَيْنَ (bayna bayna) — neither good nor bad
• Arabic: مش بطال (miš baṭṭāl) — neither good nor bad
• Arabic: نص نص (nuṣ nuṣ) — neither good nor bad
• Arabic: مش بطال (miš baṭṭāl) — neither good nor bad
• Arabic: نص نص (nuṣ nuṣ) — neither good nor bad
• Bulgarian: горе-долу (gore-dolu) — neither good nor bad
• Bulgarian: долу-горе (dolu-gore) — neither good nor bad
• Bulgarian: бива (biva) — neither good nor bad
• Catalan: així així — neither good nor bad
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬馬虎虎 /马马虎虎 (mǎmǎhǔhǔ) — neither good nor bad
• Czech: všelijaký — neither good nor bad
• Dutch: zozo — neither good nor bad
• Esperanto: iele-trapele — neither good nor bad
• Estonian: nii ja naa — neither good nor bad
• Estonian: nii või naa — neither good nor bad
• Finnish: niin ja näin — neither good nor bad
• French: comme ci comme ça — neither good nor bad
• French: couci-couça — neither good nor bad
• German: so lala — neither good nor bad
• Greek: έτσι κι έτσι (étsi ki étsi) — neither good nor bad
• Hebrew: ככה־ככה (kákha kákha) — neither good nor bad
• Icelandic: svona... — neither good nor bad
• Icelandic: svona svona — neither good nor bad
• Indonesian: biasa saja — neither good nor bad
• Italian: così così — neither good nor bad
• Japanese: まあまあ (māmā) — neither good nor bad
• Latin: plus minus — neither good nor bad
• Louisiana Creole: pokapok — neither good nor bad
• Macedonian: така-така (taka-taka) — neither good nor bad
• Norwegian: passe — neither good nor bad
• Polish: taki sobie — neither good nor bad
• Polish: średni — neither good nor bad
• Portuguese: mais ou menos — neither good nor bad
• Romanian: așa și așa — neither good nor bad
• Russian: та́к себе́ (ták sebé) — neither good nor bad
• Russian: сре́дненький (srédnenʹkij) — neither good nor bad
• Russian: ничего́ (ničevó) — neither good nor bad
• Scottish Gaelic: meadhanach — neither good nor bad
• Spanish: así así — neither good nor bad
• Spanish: ni fu ni fa — neither good nor bad
• Spanish: (yo) me defiendo (proficiency) — neither good nor bad
• Swedish: sådär — neither good nor bad
• Welsh: felly felly — neither good nor bad
• Arabic: نِصْف نِصْف (niṣf niṣf) — neither well nor poorly
• Arabic: نُصّ نُصّ (nuṣṣ nuṣṣ) — neither well nor poorly
• Arabic: نص نص — neither well nor poorly
• Azerbaijani: elə-belə — neither well nor poorly
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬馬虎虎 /马马虎虎 (mǎmǎhǔhǔ) — neither well nor poorly
• Dutch: zozo — neither well nor poorly
• Esperanto: iele-trapele — neither well nor poorly
• Finnish: niin ja näin — neither well nor poorly
• French: couci-couça — neither well nor poorly
• French: comme ci comme ça — neither well nor poorly
• German: soso — neither well nor poorly
• German: so la la — neither well nor poorly
• German: so lala — neither well nor poorly
• Hebrew: ככה ככה (káxa káxa) — neither well nor poorly
• Hungarian: szoszo — neither well nor poorly
• Italian: così così — neither well nor poorly
• Japanese: まあまあ (māmā) — neither well nor poorly
• Korean: 그저 그래요 (geujeo geuraeyo) — neither well nor poorly
• Korean: 그저 그렇게 (geujeo geureoke) — neither well nor poorly
• Latin: plus minus — neither well nor poorly
• Louisiana Creole: pokapok — neither well nor poorly
• Polish: tak sobie — neither well nor poorly
• Polish: średnio — neither well nor poorly
• Portuguese: mais ou menos — neither well nor poorly
• Portuguese: assim, assim — neither well nor poorly
• Portuguese: assim assim, assim-assim — neither well nor poorly
• Romanian: așa și așa — neither well nor poorly
• Russian: ничего́ (ničevó) — neither well nor poorly
• Russian: та́к себе́ (ták sebé) — neither well nor poorly
• Serbo-Croatian: koliko-toliko — neither well nor poorly
• Spanish: así así — neither well nor poorly
• Spanish: regular — neither well nor poorly
• Spanish: tal cual — neither well nor poorly
• Spanish: ni fu ni fa — neither well nor poorly
• Swedish: sådär — neither well nor poorly
• Thai: งั้น ๆ (ngán-ngán) — neither well nor poorly
• Thai: เรื่อย ๆ (rʉ̂ai-rʉ̂ai) — neither well nor poorly
• Thai: เฉย ๆ (chə̌əi-chə̌əi) — neither well nor poorly
• Vietnamese: tàm tạm — neither well nor poorly
• Welsh: felly felly — neither well nor poorly