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wat

/ʋɑt/ adverb A1 (estimated)

1. a bit, somewhat

English	somewhat

2. how, so

English	so, how
Spanish	cómo

3. who

English	who
German	der, dass, welcher
French	quoi, quel, qui
Portuguese	que, quem, hã
Czech	co, cože, jenž
Italian	che, alcuno
Spanish	cual
Swedish	som
Latin	qui

4. eh?, huh? (tag question)

English	what, huh, huh
German	was
French	comment, hein, hein
Portuguese	como, hã, hem
Spanish	cómo, qué
Swedish	ett vad

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wat

/ʋɑt/ determiner A1 (estimated)

1. some (for countable and uncountable nouns)

English	some
German	etwas
French	du, de la
Portuguese	um pouco
Swedish	lite, en del
Latin	aliqui

2. what (a), such

English	what, such
German	was, welch, was für
French	qu’est-ce qui, qu’est-ce que
Portuguese	que, quanto
Czech	co
Italian	che, quanto, quale
Spanish	qué
Swedish	vilken, sådan

3. what, what a (used to form exclamations)

English	what
German	was für
French	quel
Portuguese	que, quanto
Czech	jaký
Italian	che, quanto
Spanish	qué
Swedish	vilken, sådan

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wat

/ʋɑt/ pronoun A1 (estimated)

1. what

English	what, who
German	was, der
French	quoi, que, qu’est-ce qui
Portuguese	o que, que
Czech	co
Italian	che cosa, che, cosa
Spanish	qué, que, cuál
Swedish	vad, som
Latin	quid, qui

2. somewhat

English	somewhat

3. indefinite quantity or number

English	some
German	ein paar
French	du, de la, des
Portuguese	algum
Czech	několik
Spanish	unas
Swedish	några, en del

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