what do you mean

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33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 你這是什麼意思? /你这是什么意思? (nǐ zhè shì shénme yìsi) — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Finnish: mitä tarkoitat? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• French: comment ça — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Galician: que quere dicir? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• German: was meinst du? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Hebrew: מה זה אומר? (ma ze omér?) — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Hebrew: מה זאת אומרת? (ma zot oméret) — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Hebrew: מה אתה אומר? (ma atá omér?) — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Hebrew: מה את אומרת? (ma at oméret?) — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Hungarian: hogy érted? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Hungarian: mire gondolsz? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Hungarian: hogy érti? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Hungarian: mire gondol? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Indonesian: apa maksudmu? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Indonesian: maksudmu apa? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Italian: cioè? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Jamaican Creole: weh yuh a try seh? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Japanese: どういうことですか? (dō iu koto desu ka?) — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Persian: منظورت چیست؟ (manzuret čist?) — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Polish: co masz na myśli — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Polish: o co chodzi — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Portuguese: como assim? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Russian: что Вы имеете в виду? (što Vy imejete v vidu?) — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Russian: что ты имеешь в виду? (što ty imeješʹ v vidu?) — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Russian: в смысле (v smysle) — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Spanish: ¿a qué te refieres? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Spanish: ¿qué quieres decir? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Spanish: ¿a qué se refiere? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Spanish: ¿qué quiere decir? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Swedish: vad menar du? — what do you mean? (request for clarification)
• Finnish: miten niin — expression of surprise, annoyance, or disagreement to an anterior statement
• French: comment ça — expression of surprise, annoyance, or disagreement to an anterior statement
• Portuguese: como assim? — expression of surprise, annoyance, or disagreement to an anterior statement