apropos of nothing

English

Phrase

apropos of nothing

1. Without reference to anything.
2. Without any apparent reason or purpose.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used in conversation to introduce a comment that has no bearing on the current subject.

Synonyms

• (without any apparent reason or purpose): without rhyme or reason

Translations

without reference to anything

• Russian: ни к селу, ни к городу (ru) (ni k selú, ni k górodu) (neither to a city, nor to a village), не к месту (ru) (ne k méstu) (not to a (proper) place)

• Swedish: apropå ingenting (sv)

without any apparent reason or purpose

• Portuguese: do nada (pt), a troco de nada (pt), de repente (pt)
• Russian: ни с того ни с сего (ru) (ni s tovó, ni s sevó)

• Swedish: helt apropå (sv)