otro tanto
Pronunciations
| otro tanto | (OH-troh TAHN-toh) | listen |
Definitions
interj. Used to express that a positive thing mentioned about one person should also happen to another, as in 'the same to them, too' or 'may they receive as much.'
Example Sentences
"My sister just got engaged." "Otro tanto!"
Languages of Origin
- Ladino
Etymology
otro tanto, lit. 'another as much'
- Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire
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