"неспроста" meaning in All languages combined

See неспроста on Wiktionary

Adverb [Russian]

IPA: [nʲɪsprɐˈsta] Forms: неспроста́ [canonical], nesprostá [romanization]
Etymology: не- (ne-) + спроста́ (sprostá) Etymology templates: {{af|ru|не-|спроста́}} не- (ne-) + спроста́ (sprostá) Head templates: {{ru-adv|неспроста́}} неспроста́ • (nesprostá)
  1. (colloquial) not without purpose, with some hidden design Tags: colloquial Related terms: просто́й (prostój), про́сто (prósto), простота́ (prostotá) [feminine], про́ще (próšče), проста́к (prosták) [masculine], простова́тый (prostovátyj), простоду́шие (prostodúšije) [neuter], простоду́шный (prostodúšnyj), про́сто-на́просто (prósto-náprosto)

Adverb [Ukrainian]

IPA: [neˈsprɔstɐ] Forms: неспро́ста [canonical], nesprósta [romanization]
Etymology: From не- (ne-) + спроста (sprosta). Etymology templates: {{af|uk|не-|спроста}} не- (ne-) + спроста (sprosta) Head templates: {{uk-adv|неспро́ста}} неспро́ста • (nesprósta)
  1. (sometimes predicative) for a reason, not without reason, not for nothing Tags: predicative, sometimes
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          "english": "there is something behind that; (this is) no accident; there is more to it than meets the eye",
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          "text": "э́то неспроста́",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "not without purpose, with some hidden design"
      ],
      "id": "en-неспроста-ru-adv-Ff~T9gLz",
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        [
          "not",
          "not"
        ],
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ],
        [
          "purpose",
          "purpose"
        ],
        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "hidden",
          "hidden"
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          "design",
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        ]
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        "(colloquial) not without purpose, with some hidden design"
      ],
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          "roman": "prostój",
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        },
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          "roman": "prósto",
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        },
        {
          "roman": "prostotá",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "простота́"
        },
        {
          "roman": "próšče",
          "word": "про́ще"
        },
        {
          "roman": "prosták",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "проста́к"
        },
        {
          "roman": "prostovátyj",
          "word": "простова́тый"
        },
        {
          "roman": "prostodúšije",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "простоду́шие"
        },
        {
          "roman": "prostodúšnyj",
          "word": "простоду́шный"
        },
        {
          "roman": "prósto-náprosto",
          "word": "про́сто-на́просто"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[nʲɪsprɐˈsta]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "неспроста"
}

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          "english": "Not for nothing is Social Security called the third rail of American politics: if politicians touch it, it's the end for them.",
          "ref": "2019 [2018], Steven Pinker, chapter 4, in Olena Lyubenko, transl., Просвітництво сьогодні. Аргументи на користь розуму, науки та прогресу, Nash Format, translation of Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (in English), →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Socialʹne straxuvannja nesprosta nazyvajutʹ tretʹoju rejkoju amerykansʹkoji polityky: jakščo polityky torknutʹsja jiji, jim kinecʹ.",
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        "for a reason, not without reason, not for nothing"
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          "not",
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          "without",
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          "not for nothing",
          "not for nothing"
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        "(sometimes predicative) for a reason, not without reason, not for nothing"
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      "ipa": "[neˈsprɔstɐ]"
    }
  ],
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      "roman": "prósto",
      "word": "про́сто"
    },
    {
      "roman": "prostotá",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "простота́"
    },
    {
      "roman": "próšče",
      "word": "про́ще"
    },
    {
      "roman": "prosták",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "проста́к"
    },
    {
      "roman": "prostovátyj",
      "word": "простова́тый"
    },
    {
      "roman": "prostodúšije",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "roman": "prostodúšnyj",
      "word": "простоду́шный"
    },
    {
      "roman": "prósto-náprosto",
      "word": "про́сто-на́просто"
    }
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          "word": "спроста́"
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        {
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "not without purpose, with some hidden design"
      ],
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          "not"
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        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ],
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          "purpose",
          "purpose"
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        [
          "with",
          "with"
        ],
        [
          "some",
          "some"
        ],
        [
          "hidden",
          "hidden"
        ],
        [
          "design",
          "design"
        ]
      ],
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        "(colloquial) not without purpose, with some hidden design"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[nʲɪsprɐˈsta]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "неспроста"
}

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          "english": "Not for nothing is Social Security called the third rail of American politics: if politicians touch it, it's the end for them.",
          "ref": "2019 [2018], Steven Pinker, chapter 4, in Olena Lyubenko, transl., Просвітництво сьогодні. Аргументи на користь розуму, науки та прогресу, Nash Format, translation of Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (in English), →ISBN:",
          "roman": "Socialʹne straxuvannja nesprosta nazyvajutʹ tretʹoju rejkoju amerykansʹkoji polityky: jakščo polityky torknutʹsja jiji, jim kinecʹ.",
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        "for a reason, not without reason, not for nothing"
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          "not",
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        ],
        [
          "without",
          "without"
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          "not for nothing",
          "not for nothing"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(sometimes predicative) for a reason, not without reason, not for nothing"
      ],
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        "predicative",
        "sometimes"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[neˈsprɔstɐ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "неспроста"
}

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