(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
there, there
- Conveys comfort; used to calm somebody or urge somebody to relax, especially when the person is crying.
There, there. Even though you broke up with her, you'll be fine.
used to calm somebody
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: please add this translation if you can
- Mandarin: 好啦，好啦 (hǎo la, hǎo la)
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Esperanto: (please verify) jen, jen
- Finnish: noh, noh
- French: please add this translation if you can
- Galician: ala, ala
- German: na na, nicht doch, aber, aber (de), (when patting a child) ei ei
- Icelandic: svona, svona
- Jamaican Creole: hush
- Japanese: よしよし (ja) (yoshi yoshi)
- Khmer: please add this translation if you can
- Russian: ну будет, будет; да ладно уж; чего уж там (nu budet, budet; da ladno už; čevo už tam)
- Spanish: ya, ya
- Swedish: såja, såja (sv), så, så, seså
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
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