be right back

English

English phrasebook

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː ɹaɪt bæk/
• Hyphenation: be‧right‧back

Phrase

be right back

1. Used to indicate the speaker will return in a moment. Often abbreviated in online slang as BRB.

Translations

indicate speaker will return in a moment

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬上回來／马上回来 (mǎshàng huílái)

• Danish: straks tilbage, er snart tilbage
• Dutch: ben zo terug
• Finnish: palata pian
• French: je reviens
• German: ich bin gleich wieder da
• Greek: επιστρέφω αμέσως (epistréfo amésos)
• Hindi: थोड़ा आता हूं (thoṛā ātā hū̃)
• Italian: torno subito
• Jamaican Creole: soon come, soon forward
• Lithuanian: tuoj grįšiu
• Macedonian: веднаш се враќам (vednaš se vraḱam), се враќам веднаш (se vraḱam vednaš)
• Norwegian: straks tilbake
• Polish: zaraz wracam
• Portuguese: já volto
• Romanian: mă întorc imediat, vin imediat înapoi
• Russian: сейчас вернусь (sejčas vernusʹ), ско́ро вернусь (skóro vernusʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: vratim se brzo, вратим се брзо
• Spanish: ya vengo, ya vuelvo, ya regreso
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• just a minute
• just a second