ср., -а̀ object, thing; something; (във въпросителни изречения) anything; в реда на ~ата е it’s a matter of course, it’s the natural order of things; две мили и ~о a little over than two miles; иди си вземи ~ата go and get your things/belongings; и той е бил ~о някога he has known better days; имат го за ~о he’s thought highly of; как може такова ~о? how’s that possible? какво ~о! what a thing? какво ~о е човекът man is a funny creature; наричам/назовавам ~ата със собствените им имена call things by their proper names, call a spade a spade; ~ата вървят добре it’s all smooth sailing; ~о друго? anything else? ~о естествено a matter of course; ~о ново? what news? ~о такова/подобно something like this/that, something of the kind/sort, something in that line; оставям ~ата да следват своя ход/своето развитие let things take their course; при сегашното положение на ~ата as things are; сега ~о друго and another thing; there’s something else; това е все пак ~о that’s something (anyway); той не е ~о особено he’s nothing special/much, разг. he’s no great shakes; той се мисли за (много) ~о he thinks a lot of himself, he thinks no end of himself, разг. he thinks no small beer of himself; той ще постигне ~о, от него ще стане/излезе ~о he’ll get somewhere, he’ll make something out of himself.
нареч. slightly, a bit, somewhat; да не ти е ~ роднина? is he by (any) chance a relative of yours? does he happen to be your relative? малко ~ не ми е добре I’m slightly off colour, I’m one degree under; ~ като (a) sort of; ~ повече and what is more; ~ си неспокоен you seem to be worried; той е ~ като музикант he is a kind of a musician, he is by way of being a musician, he is something of a musician; пренебр. he is a musician of sorts.