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ta' to'

tah-TOHphrase, interjectionInformal

A Dominican Spanish slang term. Browse all Dominican slang.

What it means

  1. All good; it's sorted; deal. The standard sign-off on an agreement and the standard answer to '¿qué lo que?'.

  2. Said back to an apology or an explanation, it closes the matter: no hard feelings, let it go.

Literally: it's all there

Examples with translations

  • Nos vemos a la' ocho entonce'. — Ta' to'.

    See you at eight then. — Done.

  • Tato, no hay lío.

    It's fine, no problem.

Where it comes from

A compression of 'está todo bien'. Both final consonants are aspirated away — the /s/ of está and the /d/ of todo — which is why it is written with apostrophes or, increasingly, as the single word tato. The spelling tato is now dominant in messaging.

Other forms

Spellings and variants:
tato, ta to