Phrase guide

one moment, please

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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phrase

Meaning 1

Used to ask a person to wait a moment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: لَحْظَةً مِنْ فَضْلِكَ (laḥẓatan min faḍlika) — one moment please
  • Arabic: لَحْظَةً مِنْ فَضْلِكِ (laḥẓatan min faḍliki) — one moment please
  • Armenian: մեկ վայրկյան (mek vayrkyan) — one moment please
  • Belarusian: хвілі́нку, калі́ ла́ска (xvilínku, kalí láska) — one moment please
  • Bulgarian: моме́нт, мо́ля (momént, mólja) — one moment please
  • Chinese: 等一下 (zh-min-nan) — one moment please
  • Chinese: 等咧 (zh-min-nan) — one moment please
  • Chinese Mandarin: 請稍等 /请稍等 (qǐng shāoděng) — one moment please
  • Chinese Mandarin: 請等一下 /请等一下 (qǐng děng yīxià) — one moment please
  • Czech: moment — one moment please
  • Czech: prosím — one moment please
  • Danish: et øjeblik — one moment please
  • Dutch: een moment, alstublieft — one moment please
  • Finnish: hetkinen — one moment please
  • Finnish: olkaa hyvä — one moment please
  • French: un instant, s'il vous plaît — one moment please
  • Galician: un momento, por favor — one moment please
  • Georgian: გთხოვთ, დაიცადოთ ერთი წუთით (gtxovt, daicadot erti c̣utit) — one moment please
  • German: einen Moment, bitte — one moment please
  • Greek: μία στιγμή, παρακαλώ (mía stigmí, parakaló) — one moment please
  • Hebrew: רק רגע, בבקשה (rak rega, bevakasha) — one moment please
  • Hindi: कृपया एक क्षण (kŕpyā ek kṣaṇ) — one moment please
  • Hungarian: egy pillanat — one moment please
  • Hungarian: egy kis türelmet kérek — one moment please
  • Italian: un attimo, per favore — one moment please
  • Japanese: ちょっと待ってください (chotto matte kudasai) — one moment please
  • Japanese: 少々お待ちください (shōshō o-machi kudasai) — one moment please
  • Korean: 잠깐만요! (jamkkan-man-yo!) — one moment please
  • Korean: 잠깐만 기다리세요 (jamkkan-man gidariseyo) — one moment please
  • Korean: 잠시만 기다려 주세요 (jamsi-man gidaryeo juseyo) — one moment please
  • Norwegian Bokmål: et øyeblikk, takk — one moment please
  • Iranian Persian: یِک لَحْظِه صَبْر کُنید (yek lahze sabr konid) — one moment please
  • Polish: chwilę, proszę — one moment please
  • Portuguese: um momento, por favor — one moment please
  • Russian: мину́точку, пожа́луйста (minútočku, požálujsta) — one moment please
  • Slovak: chvíľu prosím — one moment please
  • Slovak: moment, prosím — one moment please
  • Spanish: un momento, por favor — one moment please
  • Swedish: ett ögonblick, tack — one moment please
  • Tagalog: sandali lang — one moment please
  • Tagalog: pahintay — one moment please
  • Turkish: bir dakika lütfen — one moment please
  • Turkish: bir saniye lütfen — one moment please
  • Ukrainian: хвили́нку, будь ла́ска (xvylýnku, budʹ láska) — one moment please