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Russian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Adverb
здо́рово • (zdórovo)
- (colloquial) great, very well, awesomely
- (colloquial) very strongly, to a very great extent
Predicative
здо́рово • (zdórovo)
- (colloquial) it is great, it is awesome, it is cool
1963, Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky, Трудно быть богом:
Interjection
здо́рово! • (zdórovo!)
- (colloquial) great!, well done
- Synonyms: клёво (kljóvo), кру́то (krúto), отли́чно (otlíčno)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Interjection
здоро́во! • (zdoróvo!)
- (colloquial) hi!; hello!
- Synonyms: приве́т (privét); здра́вствуй (zdrávstvuj); (formal) здра́вствуйте (zdrávstvujte)
Descendants
Adjective
здоро́во • (zdoróvo)
- short neuter singular of здоро́вый (zdoróvyj)
Adjective
здорово́ • (zdorovó)
- short neuter singular of здоро́вый (zdoróvyj, “strong, big (colloquial)”)
Ukrainian
Etymology
From здоро́вий (zdoróvyj) + -о (-o).
Pronunciation
Adverb
здо́рово • (zdórovo)
- (colloquial) seriously, majorly, very
- Synonym: си́льно (sýlʹno)
- (colloquial) awesomely, splendidly, very well
- Synonyms: майсте́рно (majstérno), чудо́во (čudóvo)
Predicative
здо́рово • (zdórovo)
- (it is) great, cool, awesome
- Synonym: чудо́во (čudóvo)
- (it is) healthy
References
- Shyrokov, V. A., editor (2015), “здорово”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 6 (зга́га – ква́рта), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN
Further reading
- Bilodid, I. K., editor (1972), “здорово”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), volume 3 (З), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 547
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “здорово”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “здорово”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries
- “здорово”, in Горох – Словозміна (in Ukrainian)
- “здорово”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
- “здорово”, in Словник.ua (in Ukrainian)