"is that so" meaning in English

See is that so in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=is that so?}} is that so?
  1. Really? Is it true? Synonyms: no kidding, no way, really, you don't say Translations (really): هَلْ هٰذَا صَحِيح؟ (hal hāḏā ṣaḥīḥ?) (Arabic), أَلَيْسَ كَذٰلِكَ؟ (ʔalaysa kaḏālika?) (Arabic), 敢按呢? (kám án-ne?) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 是嗎? (Chinese Mandarin), 是吗? (shì ma?) (Chinese Mandarin), 真的嗎? (Chinese Mandarin), 真的吗? (zhēnde ma?) (Chinese Mandarin), 是這樣嗎? (Chinese Mandarin), 是这样吗? (shì zhèyang ma?) (Chinese Mandarin), айда (ajda) (Eastern Mari), ĉu vere? (Esperanto), niinkö (Finnish), ihanko totta (Finnish), vraiment? (French), wirklich? (German), כָּכָה? (kàkha?) (Hebrew), अच्छा? (acchā?) (Hindi), 本当? (hontō?) (alt: ほんとう?) (Japanese), ほんと? (honto?) (Japanese), そうですか (sō desu ka?) (Japanese), 그래요 (geuraeyo) (Korean), 않니 (anni) (Korean), yakah? [colloquial, literary] (Malay), असं का? (asa kā?) (Marathi), doprawdy? (Polish), пра́вда? (právda?) (Russian), неуже́ли? (neužéli?) (Russian), ʔuʔsƛ̕áƛ̕əm ə (Saanich), ¿de veras? (Spanish), ¿en serio? (Spanish), så pass? (Swedish), nähä? (Swedish), thế à? (Vietnamese)
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          "word": "no kidding"
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          "word": "no way"
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        {
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          "word": "you don't say"
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          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "hal hāḏā ṣaḥīḥ?",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "هَلْ هٰذَا صَحِيح؟"
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        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʔalaysa kaḏālika?",
          "sense": "really",
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          "word": "敢按呢?"
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          "sense": "really",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhēnde ma?",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "真的吗?"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "是這樣嗎?"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "sense": "really",
          "word": "是这样吗?"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "ĉu vere?"
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        {
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "niinkö"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "ihanko totta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "vraiment?"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "wirklich?"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kàkha?",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "כָּכָה?"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "acchā?",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "अच्छा?"
        },
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          "alt": "ほんとう?",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hontō?",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "本当?"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "honto?",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "ほんと?"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sō desu ka?",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "そうですか"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geuraeyo",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "그래요"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "anni",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "않니"
        },
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          "lang": "Malay",
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            "colloquial",
            "literary"
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          "word": "yakah?"
        },
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          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "asa kā?",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "असं का?"
        },
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          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "ajda",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "айда"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "doprawdy?"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "právda?",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "пра́вда?"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neužéli?",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "неуже́ли?"
        },
        {
          "code": "str",
          "lang": "Saanich",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "ʔuʔsƛ̕áƛ̕əm ə"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "¿de veras?"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "¿en serio?"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "så pass?"
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        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "nähä?"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "really",
          "word": "thế à?"
        }
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "hal hāḏā ṣaḥīḥ?",
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      "word": "هَلْ هٰذَا صَحِيح؟"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔalaysa kaḏālika?",
      "sense": "really",
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      "word": "敢按呢?"
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      "roman": "shì ma?",
      "sense": "really",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "really",
      "word": "真的嗎?"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhēnde ma?",
      "sense": "really",
      "word": "真的吗?"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "really",
      "word": "是這樣嗎?"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shì zhèyang ma?",
      "sense": "really",
      "word": "是这样吗?"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "really",
      "word": "ĉu vere?"
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "really",
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      "sense": "really",
      "word": "ihanko totta"
    },
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "really",
      "word": "vraiment?"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "really",
      "word": "wirklich?"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kàkha?",
      "sense": "really",
      "word": "כָּכָה?"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "acchā?",
      "sense": "really",
      "word": "अच्छा?"
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      "alt": "ほんとう?",
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      "roman": "hontō?",
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      "roman": "honto?",
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    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "sō desu ka?",
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      "word": "そうですか"
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      "roman": "geuraeyo",
      "sense": "really",
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      "sense": "really",
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      "sense": "really",
      "word": "doprawdy?"
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      "word": "пра́вда?"
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      "roman": "neužéli?",
      "sense": "really",
      "word": "неуже́ли?"
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      "sense": "really",
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      "sense": "really",
      "word": "thế à?"
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