puh-lease

English

Alternative forms

• please

Etymology

Exaggerated form of please, short for if you please, an intransitive, ergative form taken from if it pleases you, which replaced pray.

Adverb

puh-lease (not comparable)

1. (sarcastic) An expression of annoyance or impatience.

Translations

expression of annoyance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拜託／拜托 (zh) (bàituō), 拜托 (zh) (bàituō)

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• Finnish: hei hyvää päivää
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can