so-so

See also: soso, sósó, sôo, sosō, and so so

English

From so +‎ so. Compare Dutch zozo (“so-so”), German soso (“so-so”), Norwegian så som så (“so-so”).

so-so (not comparable)

neither good nor bad

Arabic: نِصْف نِصْف‎‎ (niṣf niṣf)
Egyptian Arabic: مش بطال‎‎ (miš baṭṭāl), نص نص‎‎ (nuṣ nuṣ)
Bulgarian: горе-долу (bg) (gore-dolu), долу-горе (dolu-gore), бива (bg) (biva)
Catalan: així així (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬馬虎虎 (zh), 马马虎虎 (zh) (mǎmǎhǔhǔ)
Czech: všelijaký
Dutch: zozo (nl)
Esperanto: iele-trapele
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: niin ja näin
French: comme ci comme ça (fr), couci-couça (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: so lala (de)
Greek: έτσι κι έτσι (el) (étsi ki étsi)

Hebrew: (slang) ככה-ככה‎‎ f (kakhah-kakhah)
Icelandic: svona (is)..., svona svona
Italian: così così
Japanese: まあまあ (ja) (māmā)
Lao: please add this translation if you can
Latin: plus minus
Macedonian: така-така (táka-táka)
Norwegian: passe (no)
Polish: tak sobie (pl)
Portuguese: mais ou menos (pt)
Russian: та́к себе́ (ru) (ták sebé), сре́дненький (ru) (srédnenʹkij), ничего́ (ru) (ničevó)
Scottish Gaelic: meadhanach
Spanish: más o menos (es), así así, pasable (es), templado (es), ni fu ni fa (es)
Swedish: sådär (sv)

so-so (not comparable)

(informal) Neither very well nor very poorly.
He performed so-so during the tryouts, and the coach was undecided whether to add him to the team or not.

neither well nor poorly

Arabic: نِصْف نِصْف‎‎ (niṣf niṣf), نُصّ نُصّ‎‎ (nuṣṣ nuṣṣ) (more casual and dialectal)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 馬馬虎虎 (zh), 马马虎虎 (zh) (mǎmǎhǔhǔ)
Dutch: zozo (nl)
Esperanto: iele-trapele
Finnish: niin ja näin
French: couci-couça (fr), comme ci comme ça (fr)
German: soso, so la la, so lala (de)
Italian: così cosà
Japanese: まあまあ (ja) (māmā)
Korean: 그저 그래요 (geujeo geuraeyo), 그저 그렇게 (geujeo geureoke)

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