so to speak

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68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: as't ware — in a manner of speaking
• Arabic: إن جازَ التَعْبِير (ʔin jāza t-taʕbīr) — in a manner of speaking
• Azerbaijani: necə deyərlər — in a manner of speaking
• Catalan: per dir-ho així — in a manner of speaking
• Czech: jakoby — in a manner of speaking
• Czech: takříkajíc — in a manner of speaking
• Danish: så at sige — in a manner of speaking
• Dutch: als het ware — in a manner of speaking
• Esperanto: por tiel diri — in a manner of speaking
• Esperanto: kvazaŭ — in a manner of speaking
• Finnish: niin sanotusti — in a manner of speaking
• French: pour ainsi dire — in a manner of speaking
• French: d'une certaine façon — in a manner of speaking
• French: en quelque sorte — in a manner of speaking
• French: en un sens — in a manner of speaking
• French: façon de parler — in a manner of speaking
• Georgian: ასე თუ ისე (ase tu ise) — in a manner of speaking
• German: sozusagen — in a manner of speaking
• German: um es so zu sagen — in a manner of speaking
• German: gewissermaßen — in a manner of speaking
• German: in gewisser Weise — in a manner of speaking
• Hebrew: כִּבְיָכוֹל (kivyakhól) — in a manner of speaking
• Hungarian: úgyszólván — in a manner of speaking
• Hungarian: úgymond — in a manner of speaking
• Hungarian: mondhatni — in a manner of speaking
• Hungarian: hogy úgy mondjam — in a manner of speaking
• Ido: quaze — in a manner of speaking
• Italian: in un certo senso — in a manner of speaking
• Italian: per così dire — in a manner of speaking
• Italian: in qualche modo — in a manner of speaking
• Italian: in qualche maniera — in a manner of speaking
• Japanese: 丸で (marude) — in a manner of speaking
• Japanese: まるで (marude) — in a manner of speaking
• Japanese: 言わば (iwaba) — in a manner of speaking
• Northern Kurdish: hema bêje — in a manner of speaking
• Northern Kurdish: hema hema — in a manner of speaking
• Latin: tamquam — in a manner of speaking
• Macedonian: така да се каже (taka da se kaže) — in a manner of speaking
• Macedonian: така да се рече (taka da se reče) — in a manner of speaking
• Malayalam: എന്നവാച്ചാൽ (ennavāccāl) — in a manner of speaking
• Malayalam: അങ്ങനെയെങ്കിൽ (aṅṅaneyeṅkil) — in a manner of speaking
• Maltese: biex ngħidu hekk — in a manner of speaking
• Norwegian Bokmål: så å si — in a manner of speaking
• Norwegian Bokmål: mer eller mindre — in a manner of speaking
• Norwegian Nynorsk: så å seia — in a manner of speaking
• Norwegian Nynorsk: meir eller mindre — in a manner of speaking
• Occitan: per ansin díser — in a manner of speaking
• Occitan: per aital díser — in a manner of speaking
• Polish: jakby — in a manner of speaking
• Polish: w pewnym sensie — in a manner of speaking
• Polish: że tak powiem — in a manner of speaking
• Portuguese: por assim dizer — in a manner of speaking
• Portuguese: de certa forma — in a manner of speaking
• Portuguese: digamos assim — in a manner of speaking
• Romanian: ca să zic așa — in a manner of speaking
• Russian: так сказа́ть (tak skazátʹ) — in a manner of speaking
• Scottish Gaelic: mar gum biodh — in a manner of speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: такорѐћи — in a manner of speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: takorèći — in a manner of speaking
• Spanish: por así decirlo — in a manner of speaking
• Spanish: por decirlo así — in a manner of speaking
• Spanish: como quien dice — in a manner of speaking
• Spanish: para entendernos — in a manner of speaking
• Spanish: se entiende — in a manner of speaking
• Swedish: så att säga — in a manner of speaking
• Turkish: deyim yerindeyse — in a manner of speaking
• Turkish: tabiri caize — in a manner of speaking
• Ukrainian: так би мо́вити (tak by móvyty) — in a manner of speaking