| Traduceri principale |
| so adv | (intensifier: very) (urmat de adj.) | atât (de) adv. |
| | | așa (de) adv. |
| Notă: Sometimes repeated for emphasis: so, so beautiful. |
| | That guy is so good looking! |
| | Tipul ăsta e atât de prezentabil! |
| | Tipul ăsta e așa de prezentabil! |
so ...,
so ... that adv | (to such an extent) (urmat de adj.) | atât (de) adv. |
| | | așa (de) adv. |
| | He was so mad that he forgot to eat dinner. |
| | Laura was so hungry, everyone in the classroom could hear her stomach rumbling. |
| | S-a supărat atât de tare, că a uitat să mănânce cina. |
| | S-a supărat așa de tare, că a uitat să mănânce cina. |
| so conj | (therefore) | deci conj. |
| | | așadar conj. |
| | | așa că loc.conj. |
| | I'm hungry, so I'm going to get something to eat. |
| | Mi-e foame, deci mă duc să iau ceva de mâncare. |
| | Mi-e foame, așadar mă duc să iau ceva de mâncare. |
| | Mi-e foame, așa că mă duc să iau ceva de mâncare. |
| so adv | (too, also) | la fel loc.adv. |
| | I want to go to the movies and so does she. |
| | Vreau să mă duc la film, și la fel vrea și ea. |
| so adv | (affirmative: yes, indeed) | așa adv. |
| | Does he like her? I think so. |
| | O place? Așa cred. |
| so conj | (then, next) | după aceea loc.adv. |
| | | după care loc.conj. |
| | | așa că loc.conj. |
| | Dinner is over ladies and gentlemen, and so to the next item on our agenda. |
| so adv | (as stated) | deci conj. |
| | | așadar conj. |
| | So, as I have already explained, there really is no need to worry. |
| | Deci, nu ai motive de îngrijorare, după cum spuneam. |
| | Așadar, nu ai motive de îngrijorare, după cum spuneam. |
| So? interj | (who cares?) | și ce dacă expr. |
| | | așa și expr. |
| | Mario gets paid more than you. So? |
| | Mario e mai bine plătit decât tine. Și ce dacă? |
| so pron | (the same) | așa adv. |
| | You are a gentleman; may you remain so all your years. |
| | Te porți ca un domn. Să rămâi așa toată viața. |
so,
so that conj | (in order that) | pentru ca, pentru a conj. |
| | The teacher spoke slowly so her students would understand her. |
| | Drive carefully so that you will arrive safely. |
| | Condu cu atenție pentru a ajunge în siguranță. |
Forme compuse:
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| a dozen or so adj | informal (around 12) | vreo doisprezece num. |
| | Can you please bring me back a dozen or so eggs from the grocery store? |
| all the more so expr | (even more so) | cu atât mai mult |
| | You need a strong pair of boots if you go hiking, all the more so now that it's winter. |
| and so adv | (therefore) | prin urmare loc.adv. |
| | The student did not turn in his final research paper, and so he earned a failing grade for the course. |
| and so forth adv | (et cetera) | și așa mai departe |
| | I had to fill in a form with my name, address, and so forth. |
| and so on adv | (et cetera) | și așa mai departe |
| | Victims of the disaster urgently need drinking water, food, medical supplies, and so on. |
as ... as,
so ... as conj | (correlative: such that) | pe cât loc.conj. |
| | He's not so clever as everyone thinks. |
| | Nu e chiar atât de deștept pe cât se crede. |
as long as,
so long as expr | (providing that) | atât timp cât loc.conj. |
| | I am happy, as long as the sun always comes back around. |
as long as,
so long as expr | (while) | atât timp cât loc.conj. |
| | As long as you're living under my roof, you'll obey my rules, young lady! |
| even so adv | (nevertheless) | chiar și așa adv. |
| | I know you don't like vegetables, darling. Even so, you must eat them. |
| every so often adv | (now and again) | din când în când loc.adv. |
| | Every so often I treat myself to a piece of candy. |
| I don't think so interj | (I believe not) | nu cred |
| | When Tom asked me if Sally was coming to the party I replied "I don't think so". |
| I love you so much interj | (great affection) | te iubesc atât de mult expr. |
| | I love you so much that I can't stand to be apart from you. |
| I think so interj | (I believe that to be true) | cred că da expr. |
| | "Is he coming with us?" "I think so, but let me call him to make sure." |
| I'm afraid so interj | (yes, regretfully) | Mă tem că da. expr. |
| | | Da, din păcate! expr. |
| | "Do I really have to take the test?" "I'm afraid so. It's compulsory." |
| if it be so | literary (in that case, if so) | în cazul ăsta expr. |
| | I don't believe he would lie to you, but if it be so, you should not trust him again. |
| if so adv | (in that case) | caz în care adv. |
| | Are you going shopping? If so, may I come with you? |
in doing so,
in so doing adv | (by these actions) | astfel adv. |
in so doing,
by so doing adv | formal (by these actions) | procedând astfel expr. |
| | The defendant changed a crucial part of his story, and in so doing, revealed his guilt. |
| in so many words adv | (expressed in precisely that way) | clar și răspicat loc.adv. |
| | The manager told Mark in so many words that he will get a promotion. |
insofar,
in so far adv | rare, formal (to such an extent) | în măsura în care loc.adv. |
| | | în sensul că loc.adv. |
| | All these issues are in so far a cause of difficulty that we cannot ignore them. |
insofar as,
also UK: in so far as conj | (to the extent that, in that) | în măsura în care loc.adv. |
| | Both ideas, insofar as they can be called 'ideas', are equally preposterous. |
| it must be so | (it is necessarily or unavoidably true) | trebuie să fie așa |
| | It is difficult to believe, but based on the evidence it must be so. |
| it will be so expr | (this is indisputably going to happen) | așa o să fie expr.vb. |
| | If your mother says you have to go to bed early, it will be so. |
| just so adj | informal (perfect, exact) | gătit la perfecție expr. |
| | Everything in Veronica's room was just so. |
| just so adv | informal (exactly, perfectly) | la perfecție loc.adv. |
| | The chef cooked the chicken just so. |
| like so adv | (in this manner) | așa adv. |
| | | în felul acesta loc.adv. |
| | You just turn the door handle like so and the door should open. |
so minded,
that way minded expr | (disposed, inclined) | dispus să, dispus la adj. |
| | | înclinat spre adj. |
| | | atras de adj. |
| | We could go to the museum instead, if you are so minded. |
| more so adv | (increasingly or additionally) | și mai mult expr. |
| | | mai ales expr. |
| | There's usually a lot of traffic on this road, more so at rush hour. |
| never so adv | (not ever as) | ca niciodată loc.adv. |
| | He was never so happy as when he finally quit his job. |
| not so bad adj | (better than anticipated) | nu foarte rău loc.adj. |
| | I thought I was going to hate my new job, but it's not so bad. |
| not so many adj | (fewer) | nu așa mulți loc.adv. |
| | There are not so many storms now that the summer is over. |
| not so many adj | (few) | puțini adj. |
| | Due to the poor weather, not so many people were on the streets. |
| not so much adj | (less) | mai puțin adj. |
| | It's not so much that you are cruel, more that you don't think things through. |
| not so much adj | (little) | puțin adj. |
| | No, there was not so much singing at the show. |
| one hundred or so adj | informal (about a hundred) | vreo sută |
| | It's a middle-sized plane, with one hundred or so seats. |
| or so adv | (approximately) | aproximativ, sau cam așa ceva adv. |
| | The container could hold a litre or so of water. |
| quite so adv | (indeed, precisely) | chiar așa loc.adv. |
| | | într-adevăr loc.adv. |
| | Ah yes, quite so - I see exactly what you mean now. |
| quite so adj | (just as, this much) | atât de adv. |
| | | așa de adv. |
| | Do you have to be quite so nasty? |
| say-so n | informal ([sb]'s approval) | aprobare, permisiune s.f. |
| | | acord s.n. |
| so as to expr | (in order to) | pentru prep. |
| | | ca să conj. |
| | So as not to be late, Jerry left the house early. |
| | Pentru a nu întârzia, Jerry a plecat devreme de acasă. |
| so be it interj | (expressing acceptance, resignation) | atunci fie! expr. |
| | | fie cum vrei! expr. |
| | If you want to be stubborn and not see sense, well, so be it. |
| so bold as to prep | (daring enough to) | suficient de îndrăzneț cât să expr. |
| | Anna was so bold as to question her manager's decision to his face. |
| so called adv | (named this) | așa zis adj. |
| | Solar energy is a clean form of electricity, so called because we gather it from the sun. |
| so do I interj | (me too) | și eu exclm. |
| | You think he's crazy and so do I! |
| so far adv | (up until now) | până acum, deocamdată adv. |
| | Harry is learning to bake; so far, he has made a sponge cake and some banana muffins. |
| so far adv | (to a limited extent) | până la un anumit punct loc.adv. |
| | The road's closed: you can only go so far before you have to turn round. |
| so far as conj | (as far as, in as much as) | atât timp / atâta vreme cât loc.adv. |
| | So far as I know, everything's still going well on the project. |
| so far so good interj | (all is well up to this point) | până acum toate bune expr. |
| | How do I like retirement? So far so good. But ask me again in six months. |
| so good adj | (great, excellent) | atât de bun loc.adj. |
| | | excelent, fantastic adj. |
| | Yum, this cake is so good! |
| so long interj | (goodbye) | la revedere interj. |
| | So long! See you tomorrow! |
| so long adj | (this length) | atât de lung loc.adj. |
| | "The rope was so long," my uncle explained, holding his arms apart to demonstrate. |
| so many adj | (a large number of) | atât de mulți, atât de multe adj. |
| | With so many people in the room I can't find the exit. |
| so many adj | (this number of) | un anumit număr expr. |
| | A restaurant only has so many tables available at any given time. |
| so much adj | (a large amount of) | atât de mult adj. |
| | I'm bound to get my shoes wet with so much water on the ground. |
| | There's so much to do I don't know where to start. |
| so much adj | (this amount of) | o anumită cantitate expr. |
| | Showing her son the cup, Paige said, "You take so much flour and add it to the mixing bowl." |
| so much adv | (a lot) | atât de mult adv. |
| | I wish my sister didn't talk so much. |
| so much as adv | (even) | fie și cât loc.adv. |
| | Cross that line by so much as a hair and you'll see what anger means. |
| so much as adv | (merely, no more than) | nici măcar loc.adv. |
| so much for that! interj | informal (disappointment, failure) | asta e!, n-a fost să fie! expr. |
| | I failed my entrance exam yet again. So much for that! |
| so much for that! interj | informal (enough discussion) | destul despre (asta) expr. |
| | Well, so much for that! Maybe we can talk about something else now. |
| so much so that expr | (to such a degree that) | atât de mult încât loc.conj. |
| so there interj | informal (expressing defiance, determination) | Uite-așa! expr. |
| | | Ca să știi! expr. |
| | I don't need your help anyway! So there! |
| so to speak expr | (using a metaphor) | ca să zic așa expr.vb. |
| | Failing the test was, so to speak, a kick in the teeth for Jim because he was very disappointed. |
| so what? interj | informal (I don't care) | și ce dacă exclm. |
| | Okay, so I look fat in these jeans – so what? |
| so what interj | informal (expressing indifference) | și ce dacă exclm. |
| | So you made a minor mistake! So what! |
| so what if conj | (it's irrelevant) | și ce dacă expr. |
| | So what if I enjoy a beer now and then? |
| so what else is new interj | informal (not surprised) | ce e nou în asta expr. |
| | Yes, you're late again—so what else is new? |
| so-and-so n | informal (an unnamed person, someone) | cutare s.m. |
| | It is proper to address adults as Mr. or Mrs. so-and-so. |
| so-and-so n | euphemism ([sb] despicable, difficult) (informal) | nemernic s.m. |
| | That old so-and-so was always yelling at me! |
| so-called adj | (supposedly) | așa-zis, așa-numit loc.adj. |
| | | presupus adj. |
| | This so called teacher has no skills at all! |
| so-so adj | (mediocre) | așa și așa |
| | Lunch was so-so; maybe supper will be better. |
| so-so adv | (tolerably) | așa și așa loc.adv. |
| | | mediocru adv. |
| | | acceptabil, tolerabil adv. |
| | He dances so-so, but he'll get better. |
| ten or so adj | (about 10) | aproximativ zece |
| | In about ten or so days, I will have finished my exams! |
| Thank you so much interj | (Many thanks) | Mulțumesc mult! interj. |
that,
so that conj | literary (in order that) | pentru ca, ca să loc conj. |
| | She studied hard that she might become a doctor. |
| | A studiat mult pentru ca să devină doctor. |
| that being so adv | (if or since that is true) | acestea fiind date expr. |
| | The situation there is becoming extremely dangerous. That being so, I will avoid going there. |
| think so v expr | (believe this to be the case) | a crede că da expr.vb. |