English
Etymology
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Interjection
there, there
- Conveys comfort; used to calm somebody or urge somebody to relax, especially when the person is crying.
There, there. Even though you broke up with her, you'll be fine.
Translations
used to calm somebody
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: please add this translation if you can
- Mandarin: 好啦，好啦 (hǎo la, hǎo la)
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Esperanto: (please verify) jen, jen
- Finnish: noh, noh
- French: là, là
- Galician: ala, ala
- German: na na, nicht doch, aber, aber (de), (when patting a child) ei ei
- Icelandic: svona, svona
- Indonesian: cup cup
- Jamaican Creole: hush
- Japanese: よしよし (ja) (yoshi yoshi)
- Khmer: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: ну будет, будет; да ладно уж; чего уж там (nu budet, budet; da ladno už; čevo už tam)
- Spanish: ya, ya
- Swedish: såja, såja (sv), så, så, seså
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
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