Meaning

4 senses
  1. Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.

    So, let's go home.

    So, what'll you have?

    also

    такtak, ита́кiták

    отжеotže

  2. Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.

    "You park your car in front of my house every morning." — "So?"

  3. Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.

    What are you doing? / So I'm just fixing this shelf.

    What time does the train leave? / So it leaves at 10 o'clock.

    na und

  4. (archaic)Be as you are; stand still; used especially to cows; also used by sailors.

Examples

25718 sentences
  1. You make me feel so guilty.

    З-за тебе я почуваюся таким винним.

    ruИз-за тебя я чувствую себя таким виноватым.

    deDu erzeugst in mir solche Schuldgefühle.

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  2. Why are you looking so sad?

    Чому ти такий сумний?

    deWieso siehst du so traurig aus?

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  3. Why did you get so angry?

    Чому ти так розізлився?

    ruЧего ты так разозлился?

    deWarum wurdest du so wütend?

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  4. Why are you so tired today?

    Чому ти сьогодні такий втомлений?

    ruПочему ты сегодня такой уставший?

    deWarum sind Sie so müde heute?

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  5. I'm so sorry to hear that.

    Мені дуже шкода це чути.

    deEs tut mir so leid, das zu hören.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
interjection used to introduce a new topic:
Русский
By meaning 1
interjection used to introduce a new topic:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
interjection used to introduce a new topic:
short for so what:

Origin

From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the s

From Middle English so, swo, zuo, swa, swe, from Old English swā, swǣ, swē (“so, as, the same, such, that”), from Proto-West Germanic *swā, from Proto-Germanic *swa, *swē (“so”), from Proto-Indo-European *swē, *swō (reflexive pronomial stem). Cognate with Scots sae (“so”), Saterland Frisian so (“so”), West Frisian sa (“so”), Dutch zo (“so”), German Low German so (“so”), German so (“so”), Danish så (“so”), Norwegian Nynorsk so (“so”), Swedish så (“so, such that”), Faroese so (“so”), Icelandic svo (“so”), Old Latin suad (“so”), Albanian sa (“how much, so, as”), Ancient Greek ὡς (hōs, “as”), Urdu سو (sō, “hence”).

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Synonyms

4 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
so — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto