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Indicating pondering or consideration, often with sarcasm or mock surprise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Well, well, well. What have we here?
- Well, well, well. Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
aviam, aviam
— indicating consideration
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Catalan:
vaja, vaja
— indicating consideration
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Chinese Mandarin:
哦哟哟
(oyoyo)
— indicating consideration
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Chinese Mandarin:
行了,行了
(xíngle xíngle)
— indicating consideration
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Czech:
ale, ale, ale
— indicating consideration
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Finnish:
jaa-ha
— indicating consideration
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Finnish:
kappas vain
— indicating consideration
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Greek:
βρε, βρε, βρε
(vre, vre, vre)
— indicating consideration
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Hungarian:
nocsak, nocsak, nocsak
— indicating consideration
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Italian:
bene, bene
— indicating consideration
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Polish:
proszę
— indicating consideration
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Portuguese:
ora, ora, ora
— indicating consideration
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Romanian:
măi, măi, măi
— indicating consideration
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Russian:
так-так
(tak-tak)
— indicating consideration
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Spanish:
vaya, vaya, vaya
— indicating consideration
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Swedish:
men, men, men
— indicating consideration
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Uzbek:
xo’sh-xo’sh
— indicating consideration