is that so

phrase

Really? Is it true?

“I used to be a millionaire back in the '80s. ― Is that so?”

Meanings

phraseis that so?
  1. Really? Is it true?

    I used to be a millionaire back in the '80s. ― Is that so?

    Synonyms: no kidding, no way, really, you don't say

Synonyms & antonyms

phraseReally? Is it true?

Translations

Arabic هَلْ هٰذَا صَحِيح؟, أَلَيْسَ كَذٰلِكَ؟
  • هَلْ هٰذَا صَحِيح؟ (hal hāḏā ṣaḥīḥ?)really?
  • أَلَيْسَ كَذٰلِكَ؟ (ʔalaysa kaḏālika?)really?
Bulgarian тъй ли
  • тъй ли (tăj li)really?
Chinese Mandarin 是嗎? /是吗?, 真的嗎? /真的吗?
  • 是嗎? /是吗? (shì ma?)really?
  • 真的嗎? /真的吗? (zhēnde ma?)really?
  • 是這樣嗎? /是这样吗? (shì zhèyang ma?)really?
Esperanto ĉu vere?
  • ĉu vere?really?
Finnish niinkö, ihanko totta
  • niinköreally?
  • ihanko tottareally?
French vraiment?
  • vraiment?really?
German wirklich?
  • wirklich?really?
Hebrew כָּכָה?
  • כָּכָה? (kàkha?)really?
Hindi अच्छा?
  • अच्छा? (acchā?)really?
Japanese 本当?, ほんと?
  • 本当? (hontō?)really?
  • ほんと? (honto?)really?
  • そうですか (sō desu ka?)really?
Korean 그래요, 않니
  • 그래요 (geuraeyo)really?
  • 않니 (anni)really?
Malay yakah?
  • yakah?really?
Polish doprawdy?, czyżby?
  • doprawdy?really?
  • czyżby?really?
Russian пра́вда?, неуже́ли?
  • пра́вда? (právda?)really?
  • неуже́ли? (neužéli?)really?
Spanish ¿de veras?, ¿en serio?
  • ¿de veras?really?
  • ¿en serio?really?
Swedish så pass?, nähä?
  • så pass?really?
  • nähä?really?
Vietnamese thế à?
  • thế à?really?
Cite this entry
APA

is that so. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/is%20that%20so

MLA

“is that so.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/is%20that%20so. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “is that so,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/is%20that%20so.

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