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English
Pronunciation
Interjection
well, well, well
- Indicating pondering or consideration, often with sarcasm or mock surprise.
Well, well, well. What have we here?
Well, well, well. Look who's back. And they said we'd never see him again.
Usage notes
This form may be a little stronger, or more sarcastic, than well, well.
Translations
indicating consideration
- Catalan: aviam, aviam, vaja, vaja
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 哦哟哟 (oyoyo), 行了，行了 (xíngle xíngle)
- Czech: ale, ale, ale
- Finnish: jaa-ha, kappas vain
- Greek: βρε, βρε, βρε (vre, vre, vre)
- Hungarian: nocsak, nocsak, nocsak
- Italian: bene, bene
- Polish: proszę (pl) (sometimes duplicated)
- Portuguese: ora, ora, ora
- Romanian: măi, măi, măi
- Russian: так-так (tak-tak)
- Spanish: vaya, vaya, vaya
- Swedish: men, men, men
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