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English
Etymology From Middle English so so Old English swā swā so so Dutch zozo ( “ so-so ” ) , German soso ( “ so-so ” ) , Norwegian så som så ( “ so-so ” ) .
Pronunciation
Adjective so -so not comparable )
( informal ) good nor bad ; tolerable , passable , indifferent .
The dessert was pretty good, but the meal was so-so .
1765 Goldsmith , The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare , Dublin: W. Whitestone, 1776 , →OCLC page 5 :n ſome Iriſh Houſes, vvhere things are ſo-ſo , / One Gammon of Bacon hangs up for a ſhow; [ …]
1844 John Wilson , Essay on the Genius, and Character of Burns :He [Robert Burns] certainly wrote some so-so verses to the Tree of Liberty.
Synonyms
Translations neither good nor bad
Albanian: çka (sq)
Arabic: بَيْنَ بَيْنَ (ar) ( bayna bayna )
Egyptian Arabic: مش بطال ( miš baṭṭāl ) , نص نص ( nuṣ nuṣ )
South Levantine Arabic: مش بطال ( miš baṭṭāl ) , نص نص ( nuṣ nuṣ )
Bulgarian: горе-долу (bg) ( gore-dolu ) , долу-горе ( dolu-gore ) , бива (bg) ( biva )
Catalan: així així (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬馬虎虎 / 马马虎虎 (zh) ( mǎmǎhǔhǔ )
Czech: všelijaký
Dutch: zozo (nl)
Esperanto: iele-trapele
Estonian: nii ja naa nii või naa
Finnish: niin ja näin
French: comme ci comme ça (fr) , couci-couça (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: so lala (de)
Greek: έτσι κι έτσι (el) ( étsi ki étsi )
Hebrew: ככה־ככה (he) f ( kákha kákha )
Icelandic: svona... (is) , svona svona
Indonesian: biasa saja
Italian: così così
Japanese: まあまあ (ja) ( māmā )
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: plus minus
Louisiana Creole French: pokapok
Macedonian: така-така ( taka-taka )
Norwegian: passe (no)
Polish: tak sobie (pl) , średnio (pl)
Portuguese: mais ou menos (pt)
Russian: та́к себе́ (ru) ( ták sebé ) , сре́дненький (ru) ( srédnenʹkij ) , ничего́ (ru) ( ničevó )
Scottish Gaelic: meadhanach
Spanish: más o menos (es) , así así pasable (es) , templado (es) , ni fu ni fa (es)
Swedish: sådär (sv)
Welsh: felly felly
Adverb so -so not comparable )
( informal ) well nor very poorly .
He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not.
Synonyms
Translations neither well nor poorly
Arabic: نِصْف نِصْف ( niṣf niṣf ) , ( casual, dialectal ) نُصّ نُصّ ( nuṣṣ nuṣṣ )
South Levantine Arabic: نص نص
Azerbaijani: elə-belə
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬馬虎虎 / 马马虎虎 (zh) ( mǎmǎhǔhǔ )
Dutch: zozo (nl)
Esperanto: iele-trapele
Finnish: niin ja näin
French: couci-couça (fr) , comme ci comme ça (fr)
German: soso so la la so lala (de)
Hebrew: ככה ככה (he) ( káxa káxa )
Hungarian: szoszo
Italian: così così
Japanese: まあまあ (ja) ( māmā )
Korean: 그저 그래요 ( geujeo geuraeyo ) , 그저 그렇게 ( geujeo geureoke )
Latin: plus minus
Louisiana Creole French: pokapok
Portuguese: mais ou menos (pt) , assim, assim assim assim assim-assim (pt)
Romanian: așa și așa
Russian: ничего́ (ru) ( ničevó ) , та́к себе́ (ru) ( ták sebé )
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: koliko-toliko (sh)
Spanish: así así
Swedish: sådär (sv)
Thai: งั้น ๆ (th) ( ngán-ngán ) , เรื่อย ๆ ( rʉ̂ai-rʉ̂ai ) , เฉย ๆ ( chə̌əi-chə̌əi )
Vietnamese: tàm tạm (vi)
Welsh: felly felly
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