what about

what about - English

Adverb

what about (not comparable)

  1. Used to make a suggestion.
    • What about going to a restaurant tonight?
  2. Used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.
    • You're obviously having a good time, but what about me?
  3. To repeat a question but referring to a different subject or object.
    • A: Is John coming tomorrow?  B:Yes  A: What about David?
    • A: Do you like football?  B:No  A: What about basketball?
  4. To express approval of an occurrence or a result.
    • What about the second goal!

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Translations

  • Chinese:
  • Danish: hvad med
  • Dutch: en (nl), hoe zit het met
  • Finnish: entä (fi)
  • French: et (fr), quid, qu'en est-il de
  • German: und (de), was ist mit
  • Italian: e (it)
  • Japanese:  (ja) (wa)
  • Kapampangan: ing, mang
  • Korean:  (ko) (neun)
  • Navajo: shąʼ
  • Ngazidja Comorian: e
  • Polish: a (pl)
  • Portuguese: e...?, e sobre...?, e quanto a...?
  • Russian: а (ru) (a), а ка́к же (ru) (a kák že), (а) как насчёт ((a) kak nasčót) (+ genitive case)
  • Spanish: y (es), ¿qué tal...?
  • Swedish: och...då
  • Vietnamese: còn (vi), còn ... thì sao
  • Yiddish: וואָס איז מיט (vos iz mit)
  • Burmese: ကော (my) (kau:)
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin:  (zh)
  • Danish: hvad med
  • Finnish: entä (fi)
  • French: et (fr), quid (fr)
  • Japanese:  (ja) (wa)
  • Korean:  (ko) (neun)
  • Polish: a (pl)
  • Portuguese: e...? (pt)
  • Vietnamese: còn (vi)
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