ça va

See also: çava, cava, Cava, and cavá

French

Etymology

Literally, “it goes”; compare English how's it going?, German wie geht es?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sa va/
  • Audio (Canada):(file)

Interjection

ça va

  1. (as a question) how are you? how's it going? how are things?
  2. (as a response) things are going fine
    - Ça va?
    - Oui, ça va bien.     ― How's it going? - It's going fine.
  3. (informal) OK, all right, sure, sure thing, sounds good, that's fine, that works for me

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Dutch: çavakes, çavakkes
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