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We are going to explain you all the things you want to know about the basic phrase “Tu t’attendais à quoi”.
Including a detailed guide of what it is and how you can use it in a casual conversation with an audio example. But wait, we also added some super useful stuff like dialogue example, slow pronunciation audio and more!
Oh and… you will find more phrases tutorials like this one on this page plus the ultimate directory of all our French words pages on this page. C’est parti ! (Let’s go!)
The literal meaning is:
This is the French translation of the famous sentence “What did you expect?“. You can use it exactly like the English version, typically when someone seems to have too much expectations about something and you want to know what he/she was expecting.
Let’s see some examples now!
Example: you offer a gift to your brother and he seems disappointed, you can ask: “Tu t’attendais à quoi ?” (What did you expect?).
Another scenario: you are talking about your new crush with someone and he/she realizes it’s not him/her. Once again, you can ask: “Tu t’attendais à quoi ?“.
This sentence became popular after a famous beverage brand used it as a catchphrase in their advertisements.
