Swedish interjection· top 1,000 most common
jaså
really?, you don't say
Meaning
really?, you don't say
In Swedish: säger du det, verkligen
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jaså in a sentence
- Jaså? Det hade jag inte trott om honom.Oh? Would never have guessed that about him.
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What does jaså mean in English?
jaså means “really?, you don't say”.
Similar words
Origin
ja + så.
Nearby common words
jaså is number 529 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 525vadå what, what?
- 526jack jack, plug
- 527stan town, alternative form of staden (“the city, the town”) (See the usage notes below for when "stan" is idiomatic. All usage examples below are idiomatic except the last.)
- 528ansikte face
- 530ganska fairly
- 531förstöra destroy
- 532stark strong, lasting
- 533arbeta work, labour
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary