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English
Pronunciation
Interjection
come again
- (idiomatic, informal, by ellipsis) A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:say again
- 1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 120:
- "Who says he did?" / "Aubry." / "Yeah? A guy in for murder? Come again." / "Glad to. Beebe says so too."
1994, Pulp Fiction:Vincent: A "please" would be nice. / The Wolf: Come again? / Vincent: I said a "please" would be nice. / The Wolf: Get it straight, Buster. I'm not here to say "please". I'm here to tell you what to do.
- (idiomatic) Used as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit.
Usage notes
- As a farewell, mainly used in retail stores and service establishments such as hotels and restaurants.
Translations
could you repeat that
- Arabic: please add this translation if you can
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 你說什麼/你说什么 (nǐ shuō shénme)
- Finnish: voisitteko toistaa pl (formal), voisitko toistaa? sg (less formal), toistaisitteko? pl (formal), toistaisitko? sg (less formal)
- French: pardon ? (fr), plaît-il ? (fr), comment ? (fr), quoi ? (fr), (informal) de quoi ? (fr), (colloquial) hein ? (fr)
- German: wie bitte (de), bitte (de), nochmal bitte
- Hindi: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: tessék? (hu)
- Italian: prego? (it), come scusa?
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Portuguese: o quê? (pt), como? (pt)
- Romanian: poftim? (ro)
- Russian: как-как? (kak-kak?)
- Spanish: ¿perdón? (es), ¿mande? (es) (N Mexico)
- Sranan Tongo: taki en baka
- Swedish: ursäkta? (sv)
- Tagalog: paki-ulit?, pwedeng paki-ulit?
- Telugu: మళ్ళీ చెప్పండి (maḷḷī ceppaṇḍi)
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polite farewell, inviting return visit
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