pretty please

English

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Interjection

pretty please

1. (childish or humorous) An emphatic form of please.

   Please? Pretty please? Pretty please with sugar on top?!

   • 2014 October 27, Sam Leifer et al., “The Phallus”, in Plebs::

     Cynthia: Please?
     Centurion: No, sorry. I can't do that.
     Cynthia: Pretty please?
     Centurion: What does that mean?
     Cynthia: Just... the same as "please", except I'm pretty.
     Centurion: Still no.

Translations

an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite

• Afrikaans: bliefies
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 求求你了 (qiúqiúnǐle)

• Finnish: jooko
• German: bitte bitte
• Hungarian: légyszi-légyszi, légy olyan aranyos
• Portuguese: por favorzinho
• Spanish: por favocito