comment ça

what do you mean?

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phrase Common #2,547
what do you mean? Used to ask for clarification or show surprise at what someone just said.
FR: Comment ça, tu pars déjà ?
EN: What do you mean, you’re leaving already?

Comment ça c'est passé?

How did it go?

Comment ça, juste un million?

What do you mean, just one million?

— Les Nouveaux Sauvages (2014)

Comment ça ton business?

How's your business?

— La Cité de Dieu (2002)

Comment ça, un boiteux?

What do you mean, a lame person?

— La Main de Dieu (2021)

Comment ça, morte?

What do you mean, dead?

— Pinocchio (2019)

Comment ça, Darlene?

What do you mean, Darlene?

— Aquarius (2016)

Comment ça, partis?

What do you mean, gone?

— Vivre ! (1994)

Il faut voir comment ça risque de compromettre nos buts.

We need to see how this might compromise our goals.

— Fight Club (1999)

Comment ça, c'est tout?

What do you mean, that’s all?

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

Une course, comment ça?

A race, what's that all about?

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Comment ça s'est fini?

How did it end?

Comment ça, qui?

What do you mean, who?

Comment ça, elle est partie?

What do you mean, she's gone?

Comment ça, ton vol?

What do you mean, your flight?

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Comment ça avance pas?

Why isn't it progressing?

— Astérix & Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre (2002)

Comment ça, impossible?

What do you mean, impossible?

— No (2012)

J'ai oublié comment ça s'écrit.

I forgot how to spell it.

Comment ça se termine?

How does it end?

Comment ça s'écrit?

How do you spell it?

Comment ça, tu peux pas?

What do you mean, you can't?

Comment ça jeunes?

What do you mean, young?

— Picnic (1955)

Comment ça, moi?

What do you mean, me?

Comment ça,'nous '?

What do you mean, 'us'?

Comment ça, vous ne trouvez pas Fegelein?

What do you mean, you can't find Fegelein?

— La Chute (2004)

Comment ça, ?

What do you mean, where?

— La vie est belle (1997)

Au bout d'un an, on ne savait plus comment ça avait commencé.

After a year, no one knew anymore how it had started.

— La Cité de Dieu (2002)

Comment ça, bon sang?

What the hell?

— Avengers : Infinity War (2018)

Attends mais comment ça avec moi?

Wait, but what do you mean, with me?

— Grave (2017)

Comment ça, pourquoi?

What do you mean, why?

— Une Affaire de famille (2018)

Comment ça, des restes?

What do you mean, leftovers?

— Pinocchio (2019)

Rappelle-toi comment ça finissait.

Remember how it ended.

— Picnic (1955)

Je ne sais pas comment le déplacer ni comment ça tient en l'air.

I don't know how to move it or how it stays up in the air.

— Atlantide, l'empire perdu (2001)

Attendez, comment ça, laisser?

Wait, what do you mean, "leave"?

— Andhadhun (2018)

Je veux voir comment ça se termine.

I want to see how this ends.

Comment ça, t'as pas le droit?

What do you mean, you’re not allowed?

— Les Choristes (2004)

Comment ça, il était pas là?

What do you mean, he wasn't there?

Donc, Ronnie, comment ça se termine?

So, Ronnie, how does it end?

— The Dead Don't Die (2019)

Comment ça s'est terminé?

How did it end?

Comment ça, tu l'as appris?

What do you mean, you learned that?

— Les Choristes (2004)

Comment ça finira?

How will it end?

— Le Maître d'armes (2006)

Comment ça, longtemps?

What do you mean, a long time?

— La La Land (2016)

Un an, comment ça?

A year—what do you mean?

— Carnets de voyage (2004)

Comment ça tu me paies?

What do you mean you're paying me?

— Intouchables (2011)

Comment ça, vous ne le connaissez pas?

What do you mean, you don't know him?

— Cinema Paradiso (1988)

Comment ça, nous?

What do you mean, us?

— Blow Out (1981)

Comment ça, avec moi?

What do you mean, with me?

— Caché (2005)

Comment ça s'appelait?

What was it called?

Comment ça, personne n'a d'argent?

What do you mean, nobody has any money?

— Il est de retour (2015)

Comment ça, de quoi?

What do you mean, what?

— Une Affaire de famille (2018)

Toi et papa, comment ça s'est fait?

You and Dad—how did that happen?

— Amarcord (1973)

Comment ça, son mode opératoire?

What do you mean, his modus operandi?

— Crime 101 (2026)

Comment ça, gamin?

What do you mean, kid?

— Aquarius (2016)

Comment ça, tu connais pas Benny Alvarez?

What do you mean, you don't know Benny Alvarez?

Comment ça, la foi?

What do you mean, faith?

— Le Cercle des neiges (2023)

Comment ça ton petit ami?

What do you mean, your boyfriend?

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Comment ça, un fossé?

What do you mean, a ditch?

— Heureux comme Lazzaro (2018)

Faites-moi savoir comment ça se déroule!

Let me know how it goes!

Comment ça, mort?

What do you mean, dead?

— Solaris (1972)

Comment ça, Marcelle?

What do you mean, Marcelle?

— Intouchables (2011)

Comment ça, parti?

What do you mean, gone?

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Comment ça, choisir?

What do you mean, choose?

— Atlantide, l'empire perdu (2001)

Comment ça, quoi?

What do you mean, what?

Comment ça, encore un?

What do you mean, another one?

— Mirage (2018)

Ce n'est pas un espion, comment ça?

He's not a spy—what do you mean?

— Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)

Comment ça, tout perdu?

What do you mean, lost everything?

— Vivre ! (1994)

Comment ça avance?

How's it progressing?

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

Comment ça, je ne bois pas?

What do you mean, I don't drink?

— Romance de bureau (1977)

Et comment ça?

And how so?

Comment ça s’appelle en kabyle?

What is it called in Kabyle?

Comment ça, tu t'en vas?

What do you mean, you're leaving?

— La grande bellezza (2013)

Comment ça, mon appartement?

What do you mean, my apartment?

— Amours chiennes (2000)

Comment ça,'on '?

What do you mean, 'we'?

Comment ça?

How so ?

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Comment ça pourquoi?

What do you mean, why?

— मुन्ना भाई एम बी बी एस (2003)

Comment ça, par rapport?

What do you mean, in relation to each other?

— Manon des sources (1986)

Comment ça, bon à rien?

What do you mean, good for nothing?

— La Cité de Dieu (2002)

Comment ça s'enlève ce truc?

How do you remove this thing?

— Insaisissables 2 (2016)

Comment ça, qu'est-ce que je fais?

What do you mean, what am I doing?

Comment ça, disparu?

What do you mean, disappeared?

Comment ça, t'en sais rien?

What do you mean, you don't know anything about it?

— Heureux comme Lazzaro (2018)

Comment ça, illégal?

What do you mean, illegal?

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Comment ça se présente?

What does it look like?

— Souvenirs de Marnie (2014)

Comment ça s'ouvre?

How does it open?

— [REC] (2007)

Comment ça, tu ne peux pas?

What do you mean, you can't?

Comment ça, malade?

What do you mean, sick?

— Heureux comme Lazzaro (2018)

Mais comment ça?

But how so?

— Le Voleur de bicyclette (1948)

Comment ça tu sais?

How do you know?

— Mulholland Drive (2001)

Comment ça, vous ne me voyez y arriver?

What do you mean, you don't see me succeeding?

— Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)

Comment ça, ok?

What do you mean, okay?

— La Famille Tenenbaum (2001)

Comment ça, aïe?

What do you mean, ouch?

— Oh Boy (2012)

Comment ça va finir?

How will it end?

Comment ça, plus de jambes?

What do you mean, no more legs?

— Pinocchio (2019)

Comment ça, de vieillesse?

What do you mean, old age?

— Le Sifflet (2026)

Comment ça, survécu?

What do you mean, survived?

— The Man from Earth (2007)

Comment ça, il est parti?

What do you mean, he's gone?

Comment ça, tu crois?

What do you mean, you think so?

— Une Affaire de famille (2018)

Comment ça, la paix?

What do you mean, peace?

— Head-On (2004)

Comment ça travailler avec nous?

How does it work to work with us?

— Insaisissables 2 (2016)

Comment ça, vous avez tout changé?

What do you mean, you've changed everything?

— Mirage (2018)

Comment ça, mort?!

What do you mean, dead?!

— Romance de bureau (1977)

Comment ça, Roger?

What do you mean, Roger?

— Oppenheimer (2023)

Comment ça, pas seule?

What do you mean, not alone?

— La Double Vie de Véronique (1991)

Comment ça, comme nous?

What do you mean, like us?

— Bacurau (2019)

Comment ça, rien d'autre?

What do you mean, nothing else?

— No (2012)

Comment ça, et après?

What do you mean, and then what?

— The Strangers (2016)

Comment ça, tout?

What do you mean, everything?

Comment ça c'est elle?

What do you mean, it's her?

— Mulholland Drive (2001)

Comment ça, je suis trop vieille pour ce poste?

What do you mean, I’m too old for this position?

Comment ça, tu veux divorcer?

What do you mean, you want a divorce?

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Comment ça, mon frère?

What do you mean, brother?

— Andhadhun (2018)

Quand tes parents se disputaient, comment ça se passait?

When your parents argued, what was it like?

— Anatomie d'une chute (2023)

Comment ça, Ana Paula?

What do you mean, Ana Paula?

— Aquarius (2016)

Comment ça?!?

What do you mean?!

— La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Comment ça, partie?

What do you mean, gone?

Comment ça, c'est quoi?

What do you mean, what is it?

— Pinocchio (2019)

Comment ça s'est fait?

How did that happen?

— The Rip (2026)

Comment ça, qui c'est?

What do you mean, who is it?

— The Big Sick (2017)

Comment ça, elle avance?

What do you mean, it's moving forward?

— Le Cinquième Élément (1997)

Comment ça, t'es contente pour moi?

What do you mean, you're happy for me?

— Le Loup de Wall Street (2013)

Comment ça, ils sont partis?

What do you mean, they've left?

— Cold Storage (2026)

Comment ça se soigne?

How is it treated?

— Tár (2022)

Comment ça s'écrit, Yuri?

How do you spell it, Yuri?

— Une Affaire de famille (2018)

Comment ça, tu pars?

What do you mean, you're leaving?

Comment ça, marrant?

What do you mean, funny?

— Les Affranchis (1990)

Comment ça,'encore '?

What do you mean, 'again'?

Comment ça tu vis encore là-bas, Val?

How come you still live there, Val?

— Une seconde mère (2015)

Comment ça se fais que c'est toujours toi qui te tapes les corvées, Ken?

How come you’re always the one stuck doing the chores, Ken?

— En terrain miné (2014)

Comment ça, vous ne savez pas?

What do you mean, you don't know?

Comment ça, on ne va pas les enterrer?

What do you mean, we're not going to bury them?

— Pour une poignée de dollars (1964)

Comment ça, bizarre?

What do you mean, weird?

— Caché (2005)

Comment ça, pour les riches?

What do you mean, for the rich?

— Heureux comme Lazzaro (2018)

Quoi, comment ça?

What, how come?

— Caché (2005)

Comment ça, demain?

What do you mean, tomorrow?

— Y tu mamá también (2001)

Comment ça, t'as démissionné?

What do you mean, you quit?

— On ne vit qu'une seule fois (2011)

Comment ça, il n'est pas ici?

What do you mean, he’s not here?

— Sacrifices of War (2011)

Comment ça se peut?

How is that possible?

Ah bon, comment ça?

Oh really, how come?

— Apocalypse Now (1979)

Comment ça s'est su?

How did people find out?

Comment ça, tu détestes le jazz?

What do you mean, you hate jazz?

— La La Land (2016)

Comment ça, libre?

What do you mean, free?

— Do the Right Thing (1989)

Comment ça tu as vu Dylan?

How come you saw Dylan?

— Insaisissables 2 (2016)

On sait comment ça va finir.

We know how it’s going to end.

Comment ça, vous la reverrez de nombreuses fois?

What do you mean, you'll see her many times?

Comment ça personne?

What do you mean, nobody?

— Troupe d'Élite : l'Ennemi Intérieur (2010)

Comment ça, aucun visuel?

What do you mean, no visuals?

— The Shadow's Edge (2025)

Comment ça rien?

What do you mean, nothing?

— Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019)

Comment ça, pas un vrai?

What do you mean, not a real one?

— Marty Supreme (2025)

Comment ça, de l'herbe?

What do you mean, grass?

— Pixote, la loi du plus faible (1980)

Comment ça, rien?

What do you mean, nothing?

— Le Cercle des poètes disparus (1989)

Comment ça, fichu?

What do you mean, ruined?

— Salyut-7 (2017)

Maintenant, vous pouvez voir comment ça l'a fait grandir.

Now you can see how it helped them grow.

— 3 Idiots (2009)

Un rendez-vous, comment ça?

What's a date like?

— Intouchables (2011)

Comment ça, trente six?

What do you mean, thirty-six?

— Romance de bureau (1977)