as it were

Etymology
From, , , , from , attested only as and.

Adverb

 * 1)  ; as if it were so.
 * 1)  ; as if it were so.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: as't ware
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 可說,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: så at sige
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ასე ვთქვათ
 * German:, ,
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Lithuanian: lyg, tarytum
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: as dat weer
 * Macedonian: што се вика
 * Maori: ētia
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: por assim dizer, digamos assim
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: mar gum biodh
 * Serbo-Croatian: малтене
 * Spanish:, por así decirlo
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Welsh: fel petai
 * Yiddish: כּבֿיכול