ça va

See also: cava, Cava, and cavá

French

Etymology

Literally, “it goes”; compare English how's it going?, German wie geht es?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa va/

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Interjection

ça va

1. (as a question) how are you? how's it going? how are things?
2. (as a response) things are going fine

   - Ça va?
   - Oui, ça va bien. ― How's it going? - It's going fine.

3. (informal) OK, all right, sure, sure thing, sounds good, that's fine, that works for me

Synonyms

• ça roule
• ça gaze
• ça baigne

Related terms

• ça peut aller

Descendants

• → Dutch: çavakes, çavakkes