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English

Etymology 1

Conjunction

Translations

in order that

• Catalan: perquè (ca) (followed by the subjunctive)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 以便 (zh) (yǐbiàn)

• Czech: aby (cs)
• Danish: så (da)
• Dutch: zodat (nl), zodoende (nl)
• Esperanto: por ke
• Finnish: jotta (fi)
• French: afin que (fr) (followed by the subjunctive), pour que (fr) (followed by the subjunctive)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: damit (de), sodass (de), um ... zu
• Greek: για να (gia na)

  Ancient: ἵνα (hína), ὡς (hōs)

• Hindi: ताकि (hi) (tāki), कि (hi) (ki)
• Hungarian: hogy (hu) (followed by the imperative):, azért, hogy
• Italian: perché (it) (followed by the subjunctive):, affinché (it)
• Japanese: ために (ja) (tame ni)
• Korean: 하기 위해 (ko) (hagi wihae), 으로 (ko) (euro)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: ut (la)
• Malay: jadi (ms), supaya, agar (ms)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: så (no)
• Pashto: چې (ps) (če)
• Polish: aby (pl), żeby (pl)
• Portuguese: para que
• Romanian: ca să (followed by the subjunctive), pentru (ro) (followed by the infinitive)
• Russian: что́бы (ru) (štóby)
• Scottish Gaelic: mar sin
• Spanish: para que (followed by the subjunctive)
• Swedish: så (sv)
• Thai: เพื่อ (th) (pʉ̂ʉa)
• Ukrainian: аби (uk) (aby), щоб (uk) (ščob)
• Vietnamese: để cho
• Welsh: fel (cy)
• Yiddish: כּדי (kedey)

with the result that

• Arabic: فَـ (ar) (fa-), لِذَا (li-ḏā)
• Armenian: ուստի (hy) (usti) (formally)
• Bengali: তাই (bn) (tai)
• Catalan: així que (ca), així doncs
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所以 (zh) (suǒyǐ), 因此 (zh) (yīncǐ)

• Czech: tak (cs)
• Dutch: dus (nl)
• Finnish: joten (fi), niinpä (fi)
• French: alors (fr), donc (fr)
• Galician: logo, entón
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: also (de)
• Greek: γι' αυτό (gi' aftó)

  Ancient: ὥστε (hṓste) (usually + infinitive)

• Hindi: तो (hi) (to)
• Hungarian: úgyhogy (hu), így (hu), ezért (hu)
• Indonesian: jadi (id)
• Irish: dá bhrí sin
• Italian: allora (it)
• Japanese: だから (ja) (dakara)
• Korean: 그래서 (ko) (geuraeseo)
• Ladino: dunke
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: igitur
• Malay: jadi (ms)
• Malayalam: അങ്ങനെ (ml) (aṅṅane)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Pashto: نو (ps) (no)
• Persian: پس (fa) (pas)
• Polish: więc (pl), dlatego (pl), toteż (pl), przeto (pl), tak że, zatem (pl)
• Portuguese: então (pt)
• Romanian: așa că, deci (ro)
• Russian: и (ru) (i), поэ́тому (ru) (poétomu), та́к что (ru) (ták što)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: intzàndus

  Logudorese: assora, tando

  Sassarese: tandu

• Scottish Gaelic: los
• Serbo-Croatian: dakle (sh)
• Slovak: takže
• Spanish: así que (es)
• Swahili: hivyo
• Swedish: så (sv), därför (sv)
• Thai: ดังนั้น (th) (dang nán)
• Turkish: bu yüzden, o yüzden
• Ukrainian: тому́ (tomú), так що (tak ščo)
• Vietnamese: nên (vi), thế nên, vậy nên, thành ra, thành thử (vi)
• Welsh: felly

Adverb

Translations

very

• Azerbaijani: elə (az)
• Basque: hain
• Catalan: tan (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 好 (hou²)

  Mandarin: 很 (zh) (hěn), 非常 (zh) (fēicháng), 太 (zh) (tài)

• Czech: tak (cs)
• Danish: så (da)
• Dutch: zo (nl), zodanig (nl)
• Esperanto: tiel (eo)
• Finnish: niin (fi)
• French: tellement (fr), vraiment (fr), si (fr)
• German: so (de), sehr (de)
• Greek: τόσο (el) (tóso)

  Ancient: ὡς (hōs), οἷον (hoîon)

• Hebrew: כל כך
• Hindi: इतना (hi) (itnā)
• Hungarian: olyan (hu), annyira (hu)
• Indonesian: sangat (id)
• Italian: tanto (it), veramente (it)
• Japanese: とても (ja) (totemo)
• Korean: 너무 (ko) (neomu), 매우 (ko) (mae'u)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: wisa (ku), pir (ku), gelekî (ku)

• Latin: tam (la)
• Malay: sangat (ms), -nya (ms)
• Norwegian: så (no)
• Occitan: tan (oc)
• Old English: swā
• Polish: tak (pl)
• Portuguese: tão (pt)
• Romanian: atât (ro)
• Russian: о́чень (ru) (óčenʹ), так (ru) (tak)
• Scottish Gaelic: cho
• Slovene: tako (sl)
• Spanish: tan (es)
• Swedish: så (sv)
• Turkish: o kadar (tr)
• Ukrainian: ду́же (uk) (dúže)
• Vietnamese: rất (vi), lắm (vi), lém (vi)
• Volapük: so (vo)
• Walloon: si (wa), si télmint (wa)
• Welsh: mor (cy)

to a particular extent

• Armenian: այնքան (hy) (aynkʻan)
• Azerbaijani: bu qədər
• Belarusian: так (tak)
• Bulgarian: така́ (bg) (taká)
• Catalan: tan (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 咁 (yue) (gam³)

  Mandarin: 這麼／这么 (zh), 这么 (zh) (zhème), 那麼／那么 (zh) (nàme), 那么 (zh) (nàme)

• Czech: tak (cs), takto (cs), takhle (cs)
• Danish: så (da)
• Dutch: zo (nl)
• Esperanto: tiom (eo)
• Finnish: niin (fi)
• French: aussi (fr)
• Georgian: იმდენად (imdenad)
• German: so (de)
• Greek: τόσο (el) (tóso)

  Ancient: ὅσον (hóson)

• Hindi: इतना (hi) (itnā), यथा (hi) (yathā)
• Hungarian: olyan (hu), annyira (hu), ilyen (hu), ennyire (hu)
• Ingrian: niin, näin, noin
• Irish: chomh
• Italian: tanto (it), così (it)
• Japanese: そう (ja) (sō), こんなに (ja) (konna ni), それほど (sorehodo), このように (kono yō ni)
• Kashubian: tak
• Korean: 그렇게 (ko) (geureoke)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: tam (la)
• Macedonian: та́ка (táka)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: så (no)
• Occitan: tan (oc)
• Old English: swā
• Polish: tak (pl), aż (pl)
• Portuguese: tão (pt)
• Romanian: atât (ro)
• Russian: так (ru) (tak)
• Sanskrit: यथा (sa) (yathā), एवम् (sa) (evam)
• Scottish Gaelic: cho
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: та̀ко̄

  Roman: tàkō (sh)

• Slovak: tak, takto
• Slovene: tako (sl)
• Spanish: tan (es)
• Swedish: så (sv)
• Thai: มาก (th) (mâak)
• Turkish: kadar (tr)
• Ukrainian: так (uk) (tak)
• Urdu: اتنا (ur) (itnā)
• Vietnamese: vậy (vi), như vậy (vi)
• Walloon: si (wa)

in a particular manner

• Azerbaijani: elə (az), belə (az)
• Catalan: així (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 噉樣／噉样 (yue) (gam² joeng^6-2), 噉样 (yue) (gam² joeng^6-2)

  Mandarin: 這樣／这样 (zh), 这样 (zh) (zhèyàng), 如此 (zh) (rúcǐ)

• Czech: tak (cs)
• Dalmatian: coisa
• Danish: sådan (da)
• Dutch: zo (nl), zodanig (nl)
• Esperanto: tiel (eo)
• Finnish: niin (fi), siten (fi), täten (fi)
• French: ainsi (fr), comme ça (fr)
• Friulian: cussì
• German: so (de)
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌰 (swa)
• Greek: έτσι (el) (étsi)
• Hebrew: כך (kax)
• Hindi: ऐसा (hi) (aisā), यथा (hi) (yathā)
• Hungarian: úgy (hu), így (hu)
• Icelandic: svona (is)
• Ido: tante (io)
• Ingrian: niin, näin, noin
• Istriot: cussèi
• Italian: così (it)
• Japanese: このように (sono yō ni)
• Korean: 그렇게 (ko) (geureoke)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: sic
• Maori: pēnā
• Norwegian: slik (no)
• Occitan: aital (oc)
• Old English: swā
• Polish: tak (pl)
• Portuguese: assim (pt)
• Romanian: așa (ro)
• Russian: так (ru) (tak)
• Sanskrit: यथा (sa) (yathā), एवम् (sa) (evam)
• Slovene: tako (sl)
• Spanish: así (es)
• Swedish: så (sv)
• Thai: เพื่อให้ (pêua hâi)
• Turkish: böyle (tr), şöyle (tr), öyle (tr)
• Ukrainian: так (uk) (tak)
• Venetian: cusì
• Walloon: insi (wa), inla (wa), come çoula, come ça

slang: very much

• Catalan: tan (ca)
• Czech: tak (cs)
• Danish: så (da)
• Esperanto: tre (eo)
• Finnish: tosi (fi)
• French: tellement (fr)
• Hebrew: כל כך
• Hungarian: annyira (hu)
• Portuguese: tão (pt)
• Romanian: atât (ro)
• Russian: о́чень (ru) (óčenʹ), так (ru) (tak)
• Swedish: så (sv)
• Ukrainian: ду́же (uk) (dúže), так (uk) (tak)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} tante (io)

Adjective

Translations

true

• Burmese: ဟုတ် (my) (hut)
• Catalan: això (ca), açò (ca)
• Czech: tak (cs)
• Danish: sådan (da)
• Finnish: näin (fi), niin (fi)
• German: so (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: οὕτως (hoútōs), ὡς (hōs)

• Hungarian: igaz (hu), így van
• Japanese: そう (ja) (sō)
• Korean: 그래 (ko) (geurae)
• Portuguese: assim (pt)
• Russian: так (ru) (tak)

in that state

• Finnish: sellainen (fi)
• French: le (fr)
• Greek:

  Ancient: τοιοῦτος (toioûtos), τοιόσδε (toiósde), οἷος (hoîos), τοῖος (toîos) (poetic)

• Japanese: そう (ja) (sō)
• Russian: тако́й (ru) (takój)

Interjection

Translations

interjection used to introduce a new topic

• Arabic: إِذاً (ʔiḏan), -فٓ

  Egyptian Arabic: طٓبْ (ṭɑb), فٓ (fa)

  Iraqi Arabic: لٓعٓدْ (laʢad), چآ (čā) (southern)

  Moroccan Arabic: ايوه (iwa)

• Basque: ba
• Catalan: així (ca), doncs (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 那麼／那么 (zh) (nàme), 那么 (zh) (nàme)

• Czech: takže (cs)
• Danish: så (da)
• Dutch: dus (nl), maar (nl)
• Esperanto: nu (eo)
• Finnish: eli (fi)
• French: alors (fr), du coup (fr), ben (fr)
• German: also (de)
• Greek: λοιπόν (el) (loipón)
• Hebrew: אז (he) (az)
• Hindi: तो (hi) (to)
• Hungarian: na (hu), és (hu), no (hu), nos (hu), akkor (hu), hát akkor
• Italian: allora (it)
• Japanese: そう (ja) (sō), では (de wa), じゃ (ja) (ja)
• Latin: ergo (la)
• Malay: jadi (ms)
• Persian: پس (fa) (pas), باری (fa) (bâri)
• Polish: tak więc (pl), zatem (pl), cóż, więc, no (pl), no i
• Portuguese: então (pt), aí (pt), daí (pt)
• Russian: так (ru) (tak), ита́к (ru) (iták)
• Spanish: pues (es), entonces (es), pos
• Swedish: så (sv)
• Ukrainian: отже (otže)
• Urdu: تو (to)

short for so what

• Catalan: i (ca)
• Danish: og (da)
• Finnish: ja (fi)
• German: na und (de)
• Hungarian: na és, és akkor, és aztán, na és aztán
• Swedish: och (sv)