Meanings
phrasewhat's the matter?
- idiomaticWhat is wrong? What's the problem?
Why're you crying? What's the matter?
2 more examples
What's the matter with you? Why would you do a thing like that?
What's the matter, that you’re looking so worried?
- datedWhat's happening? What's the news?
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Ancient Greek τί τὸ κακόν;
- τί τὸ κακόν; (tí tò kakón?)what's wrong?
Arabic مَاذَا حَدَثَ؟, مَا الْخَطْب؟
- مَاذَا حَدَثَ؟ (māḏā ḥadaṯa?)what's wrong?
- مَا الْخَطْب؟ (mā l-ḵaṭb?)what's wrong?
- مَا الْأَمْر؟ (mā l-ʔamr?)what's wrong?
Bulgarian какво́ и́ма?, какво́ се слу́чи?
- какво́ и́ма? (kakvó íma?)what's wrong?
- какво́ се слу́чи? (kakvó se slúči?)what's wrong?
Chinese Mandarin 什麼事？ /什么事？, 怎麼了？ /怎么了？
- 什麼事？ /什么事？ (shénme shì?)what's wrong?
- 怎麼了？ /怎么了？ (zěnme le?)what's wrong?
Czech co se děje?, co je?
- co se děje?what's wrong?
- co je?what's wrong?
- co se stalo?what's wrong?
Danish hvad sker der
- hvad sker derwhat's wrong?
Dutch wat is er aan de hand?
- wat is er aan de hand?what's wrong?
Finnish mikä hätänä, mistä on kysymys
- mikä hätänäwhat's wrong?
- mistä on kysymyswhat's wrong?
French qu'est-ce qui se passe, qu'est-ce qu'il y a
- qu'est-ce qui se passewhat's wrong?
- qu'est-ce qu'il y awhat's wrong?
German was ist los?, was is passiert?
- was ist los?what's wrong?
- was is passiert?what's wrong?
- was ist geschehen?what's wrong?
Hindi क्या बात है?
- क्या बात है? (kyā bāt hai?)what's wrong?
Hungarian mi a baj?, mi történt?
- mi a baj?what's wrong?
- mi történt?what's wrong?
Icelandic hvað er að?, hvað amar að?
- hvað er að?what's wrong?
- hvað amar að?what's wrong?
Indonesian apa masalahnya?
- apa masalahnya?what's wrong?
Italian che cosa c'è?, che succede?
- che cosa c'è?what's wrong?
- che succede?what's wrong?
Japanese どうしたんですか, どうしましたか
- どうしたんですか (dō shita n desu ka?)what's wrong?
- どうしましたか (dō shimashita ka?)what's wrong?
- どうしたの？ (dō shita no?)what's wrong?
Korean 무슨 일입니까?, 무슨 일이에요?
- 무슨 일입니까? (museun ir-imnikka?)what's wrong?
- 무슨 일이에요? (museun ir-ieyo?)what's wrong?
- 무슨 일이야? (museun ir-iya?)what's wrong?
Latin quid tibi est?, quid est?
- quid tibi est?what's wrong?
- quid est?what's wrong?
Malay apa masalahnya?
- apa masalahnya?what's wrong?
Norwegian Bokmål hva er i veien?
- hva er i veien?what's wrong?
Polish co się stało?, w czym problem?
- co się stało?what's wrong?
- w czym problem?what's wrong?
Portuguese o que é que se passa?, o que é que foi?
- o que é que se passa?what's wrong?
- o que é que foi?what's wrong?
- o que é que tem?what's wrong?
- qual é o problema?what's wrong?
Russian в чём де́ло?, что случи́лось?
- в чём де́ло? (v čom délo?)what's wrong?
- что случи́лось? (što slučílosʹ?)what's wrong?
- что тако́е? (što takóje?)what's wrong?
Slovak čo sa stalo?, čo sa deje?
- čo sa stalo?what's wrong?
- čo sa deje?what's wrong?
Spanish ¿qué te pasa?, ¿qué le pasa a usted?
- ¿qué te pasa?what's wrong?
- ¿qué le pasa a usted?what's wrong?
Tagalog ano'ng problema?
- ano'ng problema?what's wrong?
Thai เกิดอะไรขึ้น
- เกิดอะไรขึ้น (gə̀ət à-rai kʉ̂n)what's wrong?
Turkish sorun nedir?, ne oldu?
- sorun nedir?what's wrong?
- ne oldu?what's wrong?
Ukrainian в чо́му спра́ва?, що тра́пилося?
- в чо́му спра́ва? (v čómu správa?)what's wrong?
- що тра́пилося? (ščo trápylosja?)what's wrong?
Urdu کْیا بات ہَے؟
- کْیا بات ہَے؟ (kyā bāt hai?)what's wrong?
Vietnamese có chuyện gì vậy?
- có chuyện gì vậy?what's wrong?
Welsh beth sy'n bod?, beth sydd o'i le?
- beth sy'n bod?what's wrong?
- beth sydd o'i le?what's wrong?
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