ta everso
- idiom
- /tɑː ˈɛvəsəʊ/
- UK
:
muchas gracias
- After the meal, she said, 'Ta everso for the lovely dinner!'
Examples
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She smiled and said, 'ta everso,' when the waiter brought her tea.
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If you could send that document over today, ta everso!
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Ta everso for inviting me to your party—I'm really looking forward to it!
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I really appreciate your help, so ta everso!
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Ta everso for your generous gift; it truly means a lot to me!
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Ta everso for all your hard work on this project; I couldn't have done it without you.
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After finishing the presentation, he turned to his colleague and said, 'Ta everso for your support!'
Synonyms
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1.0
A polite phrase people say to show they feel grateful
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9.9
To say thank you in a short informal way in Britain
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8.6
A Spanish word used to say thank you
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9.5
An Italian word used to say thank you
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9.9
A short informal form of thank you used in casual speech or messages
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9.9
A casual Japanese word meaning thanks
Says thank you in a friendly, joking way
To say thank you to someone
How Thankful
Surface Forms
Morphology
ta + everso
The expression combines 'ta' (a colloquial 'thank you') with 'everso', which is an orthographic/dialectal rendering of 'ever so' meaning 'very' or 'very much'. This is a straightforward intensifier construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the meaning 'thank you very much', despite the phrase's informal and regional flavour.
Etymology
Ta everso comes from British everyday speech, where ta is a short, friendly 'thanks' and everso adds extra feeling like 'very much'. So, when someone says ta everso they are simply saying 'thank you very much' in a warm way.