"kao" meaning in Serbo-Croatian

See kao in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /kâo/ Forms: kȁo [canonical], ка̏о [Cyrillic]
Etymology: From kȁko. Head templates: {{sh-adverb|head=kȁo}} kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)
  1. as, like (the same way or kind as another)
    Sense id: en-kao-sh-adv-qFpkxSMZ Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 17 8 16 11 11 11 19 6 0 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 5 15 12 12 12 22 6 0 0 1 Disambiguation of Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header: 71 18 0 5 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kaj Synonyms (Common slang): ko
Disambiguation of 'Common slang': 35 30 0 7 28

Conjunction

IPA: /kâo/ Forms: kȁo [canonical], ка̏о [Cyrillic]
Etymology: From kȁko. Head templates: {{sh-conjunction|head=kȁo}} kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)
  1. (in comparisons, commonly followed by da) as, as if, as though, like (in a real or affected manner suggested)
    Sense id: en-kao-sh-conj-MhwxEWn4
  2. (in comparisons, with nominative, informal) as, like (=poput) Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-kao-sh-conj-6g~RJH3y
  3. (in comparisons, with genitive, emphatic) as, as much as (to such an extent or degree) Tags: emphatic, with-genitive
    Sense id: en-kao-sh-conj-xdf28V1n
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kaj Synonyms (Common slang): ko
Disambiguation of 'Common slang': 35 30 0 7 28

Interjection

IPA: /kâo/ Forms: kȁo [canonical], ка̏о [Cyrillic]
Etymology: From kȁko. Head templates: {{sh-interjection|head=kȁo}} kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)
  1. (idiomatic, followed by particle da) as if, like hell (refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely.) Tags: idiomatic Synonyms (Montenegrin): ka
    Sense id: en-kao-sh-intj-2FLX5tlU Disambiguation of 'Montenegrin': 16 15 0 14 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kaj Synonyms (Common slang): ko
Disambiguation of 'Common slang': 35 30 0 7 28

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_text": "From kȁko.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kȁo",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ка̏о",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "kȁo"
      },
      "expansion": "kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)",
      "name": "sh-adverb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧o"
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "17 8 16 11 11 11 19 6 0 1 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 6 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 5 15 12 12 12 22 6 0 0 1",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "71 18 0 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Hand me something sharp, like a knife.",
          "text": "Dodaj mi nešto oštro, kao nož.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, like (the same way or kind as another)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kao-sh-adv-qFpkxSMZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kâo/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "35 30 0 7 28",
      "sense": "Common slang",
      "word": "ko"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kaj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kao"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From kȁko.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kȁo",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ка̏о",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "kȁo"
      },
      "expansion": "kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)",
      "name": "sh-conjunction"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧o"
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He's limping like he's hurt.",
          "text": "Šepa kao (da je) ozlijeđen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, as if, as though, like (in a real or affected manner suggested)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kao-sh-conj-MhwxEWn4",
      "links": [
        [
          "da",
          "da#Serbo-Croatian"
        ],
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "as if",
          "as if"
        ],
        [
          "as though",
          "as though"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "commonly followed by da",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in comparisons, commonly followed by da) as, as if, as though, like (in a real or affected manner suggested)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in comparisons"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He is not (as) tall as I am.",
          "text": "Nije visok kao ja.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, like (=poput)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kao-sh-conj-6g~RJH3y",
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "poput",
          "poput#Serbo-Croatian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in comparisons, with nominative, informal) as, like (=poput)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in comparisons",
        "with nominative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We have food for days.",
          "text": "Imamo hrane kao blata.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, as much as (to such an extent or degree)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kao-sh-conj-xdf28V1n",
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "as much as",
          "as much as"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in comparisons, with genitive, emphatic) as, as much as (to such an extent or degree)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in comparisons"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "with-genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kâo/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "35 30 0 7 28",
      "sense": "Common slang",
      "word": "ko"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kaj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kao"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From kȁko.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kȁo",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ка̏о",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "kȁo"
      },
      "expansion": "kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)",
      "name": "sh-interjection"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧o"
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "as if, like hell (refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-kao-sh-intj-2FLX5tlU",
      "links": [
        [
          "da",
          "da#Serbo-Croatian"
        ],
        [
          "as if",
          "as if"
        ],
        [
          "like hell",
          "like hell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, followed by particle da) as if, like hell (refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely.)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by particle da"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "16 15 0 14 55",
          "sense": "Montenegrin",
          "word": "ka"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kâo/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "35 30 0 7 28",
      "sense": "Common slang",
      "word": "ko"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kaj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kao"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Serbo-Croatian adverbs",
    "Serbo-Croatian conjunctions",
    "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Serbo-Croatian interjections",
    "Serbo-Croatian lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kȁko.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kȁo",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ка̏о",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "kȁo"
      },
      "expansion": "kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)",
      "name": "sh-adverb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧o"
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Hand me something sharp, like a knife.",
          "text": "Dodaj mi nešto oštro, kao nož.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, like (the same way or kind as another)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kâo/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Common slang",
      "word": "ko"
    },
    {
      "word": "kaj"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Montenegrin",
      "word": "ka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kao"
}

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    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Serbo-Croatian adverbs",
    "Serbo-Croatian conjunctions",
    "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Serbo-Croatian interjections",
    "Serbo-Croatian lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kȁko.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kȁo",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ка̏о",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "kȁo"
      },
      "expansion": "kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)",
      "name": "sh-conjunction"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧o"
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He's limping like he's hurt.",
          "text": "Šepa kao (da je) ozlijeđen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, as if, as though, like (in a real or affected manner suggested)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "da",
          "da#Serbo-Croatian"
        ],
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "as if",
          "as if"
        ],
        [
          "as though",
          "as though"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "commonly followed by da",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in comparisons, commonly followed by da) as, as if, as though, like (in a real or affected manner suggested)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in comparisons"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Serbo-Croatian informal terms",
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He is not (as) tall as I am.",
          "text": "Nije visok kao ja.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, like (=poput)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "like",
          "like"
        ],
        [
          "poput",
          "poput#Serbo-Croatian"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in comparisons, with nominative, informal) as, like (=poput)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in comparisons",
        "with nominative"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Serbo-Croatian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "We have food for days.",
          "text": "Imamo hrane kao blata.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as, as much as (to such an extent or degree)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "as",
          "as"
        ],
        [
          "as much as",
          "as much as"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(in comparisons, with genitive, emphatic) as, as much as (to such an extent or degree)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in comparisons"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "emphatic",
        "with-genitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kâo/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Common slang",
      "word": "ko"
    },
    {
      "word": "kaj"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Montenegrin",
      "word": "ka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kao"
}

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    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Serbo-Croatian adverbs",
    "Serbo-Croatian conjunctions",
    "Serbo-Croatian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Serbo-Croatian interjections",
    "Serbo-Croatian lemmas"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kȁko.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kȁo",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ка̏о",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "kȁo"
      },
      "expansion": "kȁo (Cyrillic spelling ка̏о)",
      "name": "sh-interjection"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ka‧o"
  ],
  "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
  "lang_code": "sh",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Serbo-Croatian idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "as if, like hell (refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely.)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "da",
          "da#Serbo-Croatian"
        ],
        [
          "as if",
          "as if"
        ],
        [
          "like hell",
          "like hell"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, followed by particle da) as if, like hell (refers to something that the speaker deems highly unlikely.)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "followed by particle da"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kâo/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "Common slang",
      "word": "ko"
    },
    {
      "word": "kaj"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Montenegrin",
      "word": "ka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kao"
}

Download raw JSONL data for kao meaning in Serbo-Croatian (4.4kB)

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