"so what" meaning in English

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  1. (informal, rhetorical question, impolite) Used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement. Tags: impolite, informal, rhetoric Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions Synonyms: big deal, meh, whatever, who cares, whoopee do, what of it Translations (reply of indifference): ثُمَّ ماذَا (ṯumma māḏā) (Arabic), е, и́? (e, í?) (Bulgarian), и́? (í?) (Bulgarian), 噉又點呀 /噉又点呀 (gam² jau⁶ dim² aa³) (Chinese Cantonese), 那又怎麼樣 /那又怎么样 (nà yòu zěnmeyàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 所以呢 (suǒyǐ ne) (Chinese Mandarin), no a co (Czech), og hvad så? (Danish), hvad rager det mig? (Danish), det rager mig (Danish), nou en? (Dutch), lekker belangrijk (Dutch), boeiend (Dutch), mis siis? (Estonian), ja siis? (Estonian), entä sitten (Finnish), mitä sitten (Finnish), ketä kiinnostaa (Finnish), hällä väliä (Finnish), väliäkö sillä (Finnish), mitä väliä (Finnish), mitä välii [slang] (Finnish), et alors (French), na und? (German), ja und? (German), και λοιπόν; (kai loipón;) (Greek), ε και; (e kai;) (Greek), אז מה? (áz má) (Hebrew), तो क्या (to kyā) (Hindi), na és? (Hungarian), és akkor? (Hungarian), és aztán? (Hungarian), na és aztán? (Hungarian), hát aztán? (Hungarian), és akkor mi van? (Hungarian), kit érdekel? (Hungarian), ki nem szarja le? [vulgar] (Hungarian), un dann? (Hunsrik), hvað með það? (Icelandic), só? [slang] (Icelandic), nach cuma? (Irish), e allora? (Italian), e quindi? (Italian), だから (da kara) (Japanese), だから何ですか (da kara nan desu ka) (Japanese), だから何 (da kara nani) (Japanese), だから何だ (da kara nan da) (Japanese), で? (de) (Japanese), ហី (həy) (Khmer), na ir kas (Lithuanian), па што? (pa što?) (Macedonian), и? (i?) (Macedonian), hva så? (Norwegian), i co z tego? (Polish), e daí? (Portuguese), e? (Portuguese), și ce? (Romanian), ну и что? (nu i što?) (Russian), ну и́? (nu í?) (Russian), ну и что из того́? (nu i što iz tovó?) (Russian), ху́ли (xúli) [slang, vulgar] (Russian), Pa što? (Serbo-Croatian), no a čo? (Slovak), ¿a mí qué? (Spanish), ¿y qué? (Spanish), ¿y? (Spanish), ¿y qué más da? (Spanish), ¿y qué importa? (Spanish), entonces qué? (Spanish), än sen då (Swedish), än sen (Swedish), och (Swedish), ano ngayon (Tagalog), ano naman (Tagalog), แล้วไง (lɛ́ɛo-ngai) (Thai), ใครสน (krai-sǒn) (Thai), ne olmuş? (Turkish), n'olmuş? (Turkish), ee? [colloquial] (Turkish), thì sao (Vietnamese)
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          "text": "I also did a long-wear test, as y'do and after scoffing my face with some food (read: I am feral when it comes to a midday snack, so what), the striking colour that I was wearing, named 'Jet', had stayed put. Pigment, check ✅.",
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        "(informal, rhetorical question, impolite) Used to indicate indifference, often as a reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement."
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          "roman": "ṯumma māḏā",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "ثُمَّ ماذَا"
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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "reply of indifference",
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "í?",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "и́?"
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          "code": "yue",
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          "roman": "gam² jau⁶ dim² aa³",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "噉又點呀 /噉又点呀"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nà yòu zěnmeyàng",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "那又怎麼樣 /那又怎么样"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "suǒyǐ ne",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "所以呢"
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          "sense": "reply of indifference",
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "hvad rager det mig?"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "nou en?"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "lekker belangrijk"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "boeiend"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "mis siis?"
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          "code": "et",
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          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "ja siis?"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "entä sitten"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "väliäkö sillä"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "mitä väliä"
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          "word": "mitä välii"
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          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "et alors"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "na und?"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "ja und?"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "kai loipón;",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "και λοιπόν;"
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          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "e kai;",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "áz má",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "אז מה?"
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "to kyā",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "तो क्या"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "na és?"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "és akkor?"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "és aztán?"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "na és aztán?"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "hát aztán?"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "és akkor mi van?"
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          "code": "hu",
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          "word": "kit érdekel?"
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          "word": "só?"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "nach cuma?"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "e allora?"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "e quindi?"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "da kara",
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "da kara nan desu ka",
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          "roman": "da kara nani",
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          "roman": "da kara nan da",
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          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "で?"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pa što?",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "па што?"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "i?",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "и?"
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          "code": "no",
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          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "hva så?"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "i co z tego?"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "e daí?"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "e?"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "și ce?"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nu i što?",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "ну и что?"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nu í?",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "ну и́?"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nu i što iz tovó?",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "ну и что из того́?"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xúli",
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          "word": "ху́ли"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "Pa što?"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "no a čo?"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "¿a mí qué?"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "¿y qué?"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "¿y?"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "¿y qué más da?"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "¿y qué importa?"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "entonces qué?"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "ano naman"
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          "code": "th",
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          "roman": "lɛ́ɛo-ngai",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "ne olmuş?"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "reply of indifference",
          "word": "n'olmuş?"
        },
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          "code": "tr",
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          "sense": "reply of indifference",
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          "word": "ee?"
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        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Hunsrik translations",
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        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Khmer translations",
        "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
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        "Terms with Polish translations",
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          "text": "I also did a long-wear test, as y'do and after scoffing my face with some food (read: I am feral when it comes to a midday snack, so what), the striking colour that I was wearing, named 'Jet', had stayed put. Pigment, check ✅.",
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      "roman": "ṯumma māḏā",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ثُمَّ ماذَا"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "e, í?",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "е, и́?"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "í?",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "и́?"
    },
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      "code": "yue",
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      "roman": "gam² jau⁶ dim² aa³",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "噉又點呀 /噉又点呀"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nà yòu zěnmeyàng",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "那又怎麼樣 /那又怎么样"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suǒyǐ ne",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "所以呢"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "no a co"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "og hvad så?"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "hvad rager det mig?"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "det rager mig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "nou en?"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "lekker belangrijk"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "boeiend"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "mis siis?"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ja siis?"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "entä sitten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "mitä sitten"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ketä kiinnostaa"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "hällä väliä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "mitä väliä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "reply of indifference",
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      "word": "mitä välii"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "et alors"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "na und?"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ja und?"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kai loipón;",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "και λοιπόν;"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "áz má",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "אז מה?"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "to kyā",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "तो क्या"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "na és?"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "és akkor?"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "és aztán?"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "na és aztán?"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "hát aztán?"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "és akkor mi van?"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "kit érdekel?"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
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      "word": "ki nem szarja le?"
    },
    {
      "code": "hrx",
      "lang": "Hunsrik",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "un dann?"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "hvað með það?"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "só?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "nach cuma?"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "e allora?"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "e quindi?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "da kara",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "だから"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "da kara nan desu ka",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "だから何ですか"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "da kara nani",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "だから何"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "da kara nan da",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "だから何だ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "de",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "で?"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "həy",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ហី"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "na ir kas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pa što?",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "па што?"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "i?",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "и?"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "hva så?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "i co z tego?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "e daí?"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "e?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "și ce?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nu i što?",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ну и что?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nu í?",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ну и́?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nu i što iz tovó?",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ну и что из того́?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xúli",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "ху́ли"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "Pa što?"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "no a čo?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "¿a mí qué?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "¿y qué?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "¿y?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "¿y qué más da?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "¿y qué importa?"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "entonces qué?"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "än sen då"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "än sen"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "och"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ano ngayon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ano naman"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lɛ́ɛo-ngai",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "แล้วไง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "krai-sǒn",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ใครสน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "ne olmuş?"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "n'olmuş?"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "ee?"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "reply of indifference",
      "word": "thì sao"
    }
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  "word": "so what"
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