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,[1][2] which replaced pray.

Adverb

puh-lease (not comparable)

(sarcastic) An expression of annoyance or impatience.

Translations

expression of annoyance

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

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

References

“please” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“please” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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