What does "eso" mean used by itself?

Question

Thanks!

Welcome to SpanishDict, Sarah. I suggest you ask him. :) - rac1, Jun 27, 2017

Why did you delete your original question? - rac1, Jun 27, 2017

Answer 1

Hello!

These 2 links from 2010 & 2011 might be the answer to your question.

• What does "eso" mean?
• What does "eso" used by itself mean??

Hope this helps.

Regards!

NKM. Good links. I posted my answer being reading the links but I was glad to see that my notion was confirmed by one of the links. - DilKen, Jun 27, 2017

Answer 2

My boyfriend and I mostly speak Spanish to each other. I texted him that I was going to exercise so I would be in shape for him (joking smile) and he replied "esooo"

As you probably know, "eso" is a neuter pronoun literally meaning "that" which can be used to refer to a previously spoken topic, in this case, what you just wrote him.

In English, I don't think anyone would just say "that!" We might say one of the following things, which could have a similar meaning to ¡Esooo! when used alone in the situation you described. In a different situation ¡Esooo! could "mean" something totally different.

Yes!!!
Right on!!
Yeah baby!!
Great idea!!
I'll go along with that!
You hit the nail on the head with that, man!
You go girl!
That's what I'm talkin' about!
Sweet!!
You got my vote!
Far out! (maybe I'm dating myself with this one)

I'm not a native speaker, so you may want to wait for some other replies, but when I hear Eso! when watching Spanish TV shows, I think my above examples convey the overall gist of the word when used alone as an exclamation.

You get my vote for explanation that I couldn't put into words. - NKM1974, Jun 27, 2017

¡E S O! :) - Daniela2041, Jun 27, 2017

Eso es el mejor comentario de tres letras que he leído nunca. :) ¡Gracias! - DilKen, Jun 27, 2017

indeed, I agree, great explanation ken :) - 006595c6, Jun 27, 2017

Wow, I honestly never realized that the word 'eso' meant all these other things, Ken! I must be stupid..I just thought it meant 'that' ! - FELIZ77, Jun 27, 2017

Feliz: eso does just mean 'that' I was just kidding. No, I was just kidding now. ¿Quién sabe? - DilKen, Jun 27, 2017

Groovy, Man! - DonBigoteDeLaLancha, Jun 27, 2017

Don: now who's dating themselves? :) - DilKen, Jun 27, 2017

Yes !!!! - polenta1, Jun 27, 2017

Answer 3

As you don't give context I'm only imagining.

¡Eso! (with a special intonation)

said when someone is dancing or singing , for example flamenco. It could be an encouraging word.

But of course it could be many more things. Context and situation please.

Polenta: She originally had the following context and then erase it. She told her boyfriend that she was working our and getting ready for him. The BF replied ESOOO :) - DilKen, Jun 28, 2017

@polenta1, check the previous version of Sarah5849 by clicking history. - NKM1974, Jun 28, 2017

In flamenco?????? Not at all. I am from Andalucia and I love Flamenco and I never heard that word in that context. - txustaboy, Jun 28, 2017

Justaboy no quise ofender. Podría dar ejemplo con otro ritmo pero me pareció que el flamenco es muy conocido. Difícil que conozcan la cueca, la chacarera y otros. Perdón. - polenta1, Jun 28, 2017

I think it could be joy or encouragement. Sarah - polenta1, Jun 28, 2017

Answer 4

Every word has various connotative and denotative definitions that may or may not be useful to you depending on the specific cultural environment in which you hope to communicate. However, 'eso' means simply 'that' ... ¡nada más! ;-p

Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Jul 4, 2017