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what

/wɑt/ adverb A1 (estimated)

1. in what way

German	wie, inwiefern
Swedish	vadå

2. what

German	was, was für
French	que
Portuguese	o que
Czech	co
Italian	quale, che, la cosa
Spanish	qué, qué, cuál
Dutch	wat
Swedish	ett vad
Latin	quid

3. which, what

German	welcher
French	quel, lequel
Portuguese	qual
Czech	co, jaký, který
Italian	quale
Spanish	cuál
Dutch	welk
Swedish	som
Latin	qui, quid

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/wɑt/ determiner A1 (estimated)

1. interrogative

German	was, welcher
French	quoi
Italian	quale
Spanish	qué, cuál
Swedish	vilken
Latin	qui

2. indirect interrogative

Spanish	qué
Swedish	vilken

3. relative

Swedish	den

4. emphasis

German	was für, welch
Spanish	qué
Swedish	vilken

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/wɑt/ interjection A1 (estimated)

1. expression of surprise

German	was, hä
French	quoi, comment
Portuguese	o quê, hm
Czech	cože
Italian	la cosa
Spanish	qué, no, cómo
Dutch	wat
Swedish	va
Latin	quid

2. enquiry to what a person desires

Spanish	qué
Swedish	ett vad

3. come again

German	was, wie bitte
Spanish	qué
Swedish	ha, va

4. What?

French	qué

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what

/wɑt/ noun · plural: whats A1 (estimated)

what

German	was
French	le quoi
Portuguese	o que
Czech	co
Italian	che
Spanish	el qué
Dutch	wat
Swedish	ett vad
Latin	quid

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/wɑt/ particle A1 (estimated)

what, huh (expresses that something was extremely hard to understand acoustically or outlandish in content)

German	wa

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/wɑt/ pronoun A1 (estimated)

1. what? (interrogative pronoun)

German	was
French	quoi, que, qu'est-ce que
Portuguese	o que, quê, o quê
Czech	co, jaký, cože
Italian	che cosa, quale, che
Spanish	qué, cuál
Dutch	wat
Swedish	vad, vilken
Latin	quid, qui

2. fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that

German	was
French	ce que, ce qui
Portuguese	o que
Czech	co
Italian	cosa
Spanish	lo que
Dutch	wat, hetgeen
Swedish	vad
Latin	quod

3. nonstandard relative pronoun

German	was, der, die
French	que, qui
Portuguese	que
Spanish	que
Dutch	wat, dat
Swedish	som
Latin	quod

4. what?

Latin	quis

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