то-то

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Russian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈto‿tə]
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Interjection

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то́-то (tó-to)

  1. (colloquial) Aha!, That's it!, There we go! What did I tell you?
    Ну согласи́сь же, я права́! — Ла́дно, права́. — Вот то́-то же!
    Nu soglasísʹ že, ja pravá! — Ládno, pravá. — Vot tó-to že!
    Come on, just say I'm right. — Fine, you are. — There we go!

Particle

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то́-то (tó-to)

  1. (colloquial) how (emphatic, limited usage)
    То́-то он удиви́тся!
    Tó-to on udivítsja!
    How surprised he will be!, Won't he be surprised?

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

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то́-то (tó-to)

  1. nominative/accusative neuter singular of то́т-то (tót-to)