ça va

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See also: cava, Cava, and cavá

French

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Etymology

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Literally, it goes; compare English how's it going?, German wie geht es?.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sa va/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Interjection

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ça va

  1. (as a question) how are you? how's it going? how are things?
  2. (as a response) things are going fine
    - Ça va?
    - Oui, ça va bien.
    How's it going? - It's going fine.
  3. (informal) OK, all right, sure, sure thing, sounds good, that's fine, that works for me

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: çavakes, çavakkes