there, there

English

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Interjection

there, there

1. Conveys comfort; used to calm somebody or urge somebody to relax, especially when the person is crying.

   There, there. Even though you broke up with her, you'll be fine.

Translations

used to calm somebody

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 好啦，好啦 (hǎo la, hǎo la)

• Finnish: noh, noh
• Galician: ala, ala
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• German: aber, aber (de)
• Icelandic: svona, svona
• Swedish: såja, såja

See also

• now, now