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A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
Qualifier: by ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عَفْواً!
(ʕafwan!)
— could you repeat that
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Arabic:
مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟
(māḏā qulta?)
— could you repeat that
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Arabic:
مَاذَا قُلْتِ؟
(māḏā qulti?)
— could you repeat that
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Arabic:
هَلَّا أَعَدْتَ مَا قُلْتَ؟
(hallā ʔaʕadta mā qulta?)
— could you repeat that
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Arabic:
هَلَّا أَعَدْتِ مَا قُلْتِ؟
(hallā ʔaʕadti mā qulti?)
— could you repeat that
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Chinese Mandarin:
你說什麼 /你说什么
(nǐ shuō shénme)
— could you repeat that
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Czech:
cože
— could you repeat that
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Finnish:
voisitteko toistaa
— could you repeat that
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Finnish:
voisitko toistaa?
— could you repeat that
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Finnish:
toistaisitteko?
— could you repeat that
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Finnish:
toistaisitko?
— could you repeat that
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French:
pardon
— could you repeat that
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French:
plaît-il
— could you repeat that
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French:
comment
— could you repeat that
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French:
quoi
— could you repeat that
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French:
de quoi
— could you repeat that
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French:
hein
— could you repeat that
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German:
wie bitte
— could you repeat that
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German:
bitte
— could you repeat that
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German:
nochmal bitte
— could you repeat that
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Hungarian:
tessék?
— could you repeat that
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Icelandic:
ha
— could you repeat that
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Italian:
prego?
— could you repeat that
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Italian:
come scusa?
— could you repeat that
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Norwegian Bokmål:
unnskyld?
— could you repeat that
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Norwegian Bokmål:
hva behager?
— could you repeat that
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Portuguese:
o quê?
— could you repeat that
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Portuguese:
como?
— could you repeat that
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Romanian:
poftim?
— could you repeat that
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Russian:
как-как?
(kak-kak?)
— could you repeat that
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Spanish:
¿cómo?
— could you repeat that
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Spanish:
¿mande?
— could you repeat that
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Spanish:
¿qué cosa?
— could you repeat that
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Spanish:
¿qué qué?
— could you repeat that
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Spanish:
¿ah?
— could you repeat that
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Spanish:
¿eh?
— could you repeat that
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Sranan Tongo:
taki en baka
— could you repeat that
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Swedish:
ursäkta?
— could you repeat that
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Tagalog:
pakiulit
— could you repeat that
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Tagalog:
puwedeng pakiulit
— could you repeat that
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Telugu:
మళ్ళీ చెప్పండి
(maḷḷī ceppaṇḍi)
— could you repeat that
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Chinese Mandarin:
歡迎再次光臨 /欢迎再次光临
(huānyíng zàicì guānglín)
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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Finnish:
tervetuloa uudelleen
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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French:
au plaisir
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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Garo:
re·bataibo
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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German:
besuchen Sie uns gerne wieder
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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German:
besuchen Sie uns baId wieder
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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German:
kommen Sie bald wieder
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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Hungarian:
jöjjön/jöjjenek máskor is (el)
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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Polish:
zapraszamy ponownie
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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Portuguese:
volte sempre
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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Russian:
приходи́те ещё
(prixodíte ješčó)
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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Spanish:
será un placer volver a verte
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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Swahili:
karibu tena
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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Swedish:
välkommen åter
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
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Tagalog:
balik ka ulit
— polite farewell, inviting return visit
