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so what

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

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intj

Meaning 1

Used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: impolite, informal, rhetoric

Examples

  • I lost my red shoes. – So what? Get a new pair.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: big deal, meh, whatever, who cares, whoopee do, what of it

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ثُمَّ ماذَا (ṯumma māḏā) — reply of indifference
  • Bulgarian: е, и́? (e, í?) — reply of indifference
  • Bulgarian: и́? (í?) — reply of indifference
  • Chinese Cantonese: 噉又點呀 /噉又点呀 (gam2 jau6 dim2 aa3) — reply of indifference
  • Chinese Mandarin: 那又怎麼樣 /那又怎么样 (nà yòu zěnmeyàng) — reply of indifference
  • Chinese Mandarin: 所以呢 (suǒyǐ ne) — reply of indifference
  • Czech: no a co — reply of indifference
  • Danish: og hvad så? — reply of indifference
  • Danish: hvad rager det mig? — reply of indifference
  • Danish: det rager mig — reply of indifference
  • Dutch: nou en? — reply of indifference
  • Dutch: lekker belangrijk — reply of indifference
  • Dutch: boeiend — reply of indifference
  • Dutch: wat dan nog — reply of indifference
  • Estonian: mis siis? — reply of indifference
  • Estonian: ja siis? — reply of indifference
  • Finnish: entä sitten — reply of indifference
  • Finnish: mitä sitten — reply of indifference
  • Finnish: ketä kiinnostaa — reply of indifference
  • Finnish: hällä väliä — reply of indifference
  • Finnish: väliäkö sillä — reply of indifference
  • Finnish: mitä väliä — reply of indifference
  • Finnish: mitä välii — reply of indifference
  • French: et alors — reply of indifference
  • German: na und? — reply of indifference
  • German: ja und? — reply of indifference
  • Greek: και λοιπόν; (kai loipón;) — reply of indifference
  • Greek: ε και; (e kai;) — reply of indifference
  • Hebrew: אז מה? (áz má) — reply of indifference
  • Hindi: तो क्या (to kyā) — reply of indifference
  • Hungarian: na és? — reply of indifference
  • Hungarian: és akkor? — reply of indifference
  • Hungarian: és aztán? — reply of indifference
  • Hungarian: na és aztán? — reply of indifference
  • Hungarian: hát aztán? — reply of indifference
  • Hungarian: és akkor mi van? — reply of indifference
  • Hungarian: kit érdekel? — reply of indifference
  • Hungarian: ki nem szarja le? — reply of indifference
  • Hunsrik: un dann? — reply of indifference
  • Icelandic: hvað með það? — reply of indifference
  • Icelandic: só? — reply of indifference
  • Indonesian: terus apa — reply of indifference
  • Indonesian: lalu apa — reply of indifference
  • Indonesian: terus — reply of indifference
  • Indonesian: lalu — reply of indifference
  • Irish: nach cuma? — reply of indifference
  • Italian: e allora? — reply of indifference
  • Italian: e quindi? — reply of indifference
  • Italian: e sticazzi? — reply of indifference
  • Japanese: だから (da kara) — reply of indifference
  • Japanese: だから何ですか (da kara nan desu ka) — reply of indifference
  • Japanese: だから何 (da kara nani) — reply of indifference
  • Japanese: だから何だ (da kara nan da) — reply of indifference
  • Japanese: で? (de) — reply of indifference
  • Khmer: ហី (həy) — reply of indifference
  • Lithuanian: na ir kas — reply of indifference
  • Macedonian: па што? (pa što?) — reply of indifference
  • Macedonian: и? (i?) — reply of indifference
  • Norwegian: hva så? — reply of indifference
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kva so? — reply of indifference
  • Polish: i co z tego? — reply of indifference
  • Polish: no i co? — reply of indifference
  • Polish: no to co? — reply of indifference
  • Portuguese: e daí? — reply of indifference
  • Portuguese: e? — reply of indifference
  • Romanian: și ce? — reply of indifference
  • Russian: ну и что? (nu i što?) — reply of indifference
  • Russian: ну и́? (nu í?) — reply of indifference
  • Russian: ну и что из того́? (nu i što iz tovó?) — reply of indifference
  • Russian: ху́ли (xúli) — reply of indifference
  • Scottish Gaelic: dè an diofar? — reply of indifference
  • Serbo-Croatian: Pa što? — reply of indifference
  • Slovak: no a čo? — reply of indifference
  • Spanish: a mí qué — reply of indifference
  • Spanish: y qué — reply of indifference
  • Spanish: y — reply of indifference
  • Spanish: y qué más da — reply of indifference
  • Spanish: y qué importa — reply of indifference
  • Spanish: entonces qué — reply of indifference
  • Spanish: total — reply of indifference
  • Swedish: än sen då — reply of indifference
  • Swedish: än sen — reply of indifference
  • Swedish: och — reply of indifference
  • Tagalog: ano ngayon — reply of indifference
  • Tagalog: ano naman — reply of indifference
  • Thai: แล้วไง (lɛ́ɛo-ngai) — reply of indifference
  • Thai: ใครสน (krai-sǒn) — reply of indifference
  • Turkish: ne olmuş? — reply of indifference
  • Turkish: n'olmuş? — reply of indifference
  • Turkish: ee? — reply of indifference
  • Vietnamese: thì sao — reply of indifference