неспроста

Russian

Etymology

не- (ne-) + спроста́ (sprostá)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nʲɪsprɐˈsta]

Adverb

неспроста́ • (nesprostá)

  1. (colloquial) not without purpose, with some hidden design
    Antonym: спроста́ (sprostá)
    э́то неспроста́éto nesprostáthere is something behind that; (this is) no accident; there is more to it than meets the eye

Ukrainian

Etymology

From не- (ne-) + спроста (sprosta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [neˈsprɔstɐ]

Adverb

неспро́ста • (nesprósta)

  1. (sometimes predicative) for a reason, not without reason, not for nothing

References

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.