не то

Russian

Etymology

Literally, “not that”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nʲɪ‿ˈto]

Noun

не то • (ne to)

1. the wrong thing, the wrong one, something wrong

   Он сказа́л не то. ― On skazál ne to. ― He said the wrong thing.

   Что-то не то. ― Što-to ne to. ― Something's wrong.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see не (ne),‎ то (to).

Related terms

• не так (ne tak)