apropos of nothing

English

Phrase

apropos of nothing

Without reference to anything.
Without any apparent reason or purpose.

Usage notes

Sometimes used in conversation to introduce a comment that has no bearing on the current subject (or to humorously feign the absence of an obvious connection).

Synonyms

(without any apparent reason or purpose): without rhyme or reason

Translations

without reference to anything

Czech: nesouvisející, bez hlavy a paty
Italian: senza capo né coda
Norwegian: apropos ingenting
Russian: ни к селу́, ни к го́роду (ru) (ni k selú, ni k górodu) (neither to a city, nor to a village), не к ме́сту (ru) (ne k méstu) (not to a (proper) place)
Spanish: aprovechando que el Pisuerga pasa por Valladolid (Spain, colloquial), sin venir a cuento, sin venir al caso, de la nada
Swedish: apropå ingenting

without any apparent reason or purpose

Czech: bezúčelný (cs) m
Portuguese: do nada (pt), a troco de nada, de repente (pt)
Russian: ни с того́ ни с сего́ (ru) (ni s tovó ni s sevó)
Swedish: helt apropå

See also