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Adverb

what about (notcomparable)

Used to make a suggestion.
What about going to a restaurant tonight?
Used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered.
You're obviously having a good time, butwhat about me?
Move to another country?What about where we’re going to live?
- 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 15, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
  ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough![…]What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
Used torepeat aquestion but referring to a differentsubject orobject.
“Is John coming tomorrow?” “Yes.” “What about David?”
“Do you like football?” “No.” “What about basketball?”
Used to inquire about the purpose of someone introducing a subject to the speaker.
“Do you remember John Smith from work?” “Yeah,what about him?” “Oh, nothing. I just ran into him today.”
Used to expressapproval of anoccurrence or aresult.
What about the second goal!

Synonyms

(making a suggestion):how about,how’s about
(asking for consideration):what of,how about

Derived terms

Translations

used to make a suggestion

Catalan:què tal
Chinese:
Mandarin:...怎麼樣 /...怎么样 (zh)(...zěnmeyàng)
Danish:hvad med
Dutch:wat zeg je van
Finnish:conditional +-ko,mitä jos +conditional,entä jos +conditional
French:si +imperfect
Georgian:იქნებ(ikneb)
German:wie wär's mit
Hebrew:מָה לְגַבֵּי(má legabé),מָה עִם(má im)
Italian:se (it),e se +subjunctive
Japanese:...いかがですか(...ikaga desu ka),...どうですか (ja)(...dō desu ka)
Kapampangan:pakananu
Korean:어때요 (ko)(eottaeyo)
Polish:co powiesz na
Portuguese:que tal...?,quem sabe…?
Romanian:ce-ar fi dacă(literally“what would be if”),dacă (ro)(elliptical)
Russian:что́ е́сли(štó jésli),как насчёт(kak nasčót)(+genitive case)
Spanish:¿qué tal...?
Swedish:vad sägs om att

used to ask someone to consider something or someone that they have apparently not considered

Chinese:
Mandarin:...怎麼樣 /...怎么样 (zh)(...zěnmeyàng),...呢 (zh)(...ne)
Danish:hvad med
Dutch:en (nl),hoe zit het met
Finnish:entä (fi)
French:et (fr),quid,qu'en est-il de
German:und (de),was ist mit
Italian:e (it)
Japanese:は (ja)(wa)
Kapampangan:ing,mang
Korean:는 (ko)(neun)
Navajo:shąʼ
Ngazidja Comorian:e
Old English:hū be
Polish:a (pl)
Portuguese:e...?,e sobre...?,e quanto a...?
Romanian:cum rămâne cu(literally“how is it left about…”)
Russian:а (ru)(a),а ка́к же (ru)(a kák že),(а) как насчёт((a) kak nasčót)(+genitive case)
Spanish:y (es),¿qué tal...?
Swedish:och...då
Vietnamese:còn (vi),còn ... thì sao
Yiddish:וואָס איז מיט(vos iz mit)

used to repeat a question

Burmese:ကော (my)(kau:)
Chinese:
Mandarin:呢 (zh)
Danish:hvad med
Finnish:entä (fi)
French:et (fr),quid (fr)
Japanese:は (ja)(wa)
Korean:는 (ko)(neun)
Polish:a (pl)
Portuguese:e...? (pt)
Romanian:dar (ro)
Russian:а (ru)(a)
Vietnamese:còn (vi)

used to express approval

Finnish:entäpä (fi),entä (fi)

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