so to speak

Adverb

 * 1) In a manner of speaking.

Usage notes

 * Often used to indicate a metaphor or a pun.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: as't ware
 * Arabic: إن جازَ التَعْبِير
 * Catalan: per dir-ho així
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, takříkajíc
 * Danish: så at sige
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: por tiel diri,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, d'une certaine façon, , en un sens,
 * Georgian: ასე თუ ისე
 * German:, um es so zu sagen, , in gewisser Weise
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , hogy úgy mondjam
 * Ido:
 * Italian: in un certo senso, per così dire, in qualche modo, in qualche maniera
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Latin: tamquam
 * Macedonian: така да се каже, така да се рече
 * Malayalam: എന്നവാച്ചാൽ, അങ്ങനെയെങ്കിൽ
 * Maltese: biex ngħidu hekk
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: så å si,
 * Nynorsk: så å seia, meir eller mindre
 * Occitan: per ansin díser, per aital díser
 * Polish:, w pewnym sensie, że tak powiem
 * Portuguese: por assim dizer, de certa forma, digamos assim
 * Romanian: ca să zic așa
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: такорѐћи
 * Roman: takorèći
 * Spanish: por así decirlo, por decirlo así,, como quien dice, para entendernos, se entiende
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: deyim yerindeyse, tabiri caize
 * Ukrainian: так би мо́вити