otro tanto
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Pronunciations

otro tanto (OH-troh TAHN-toh) listen

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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!"

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Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • otro tanto, lit. 'another as much'

      • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

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      • North America

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