How to say

Just a moment

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Amharic አማርኛ am

አንድ አፍታ

And ahf-TAH

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Arabic العربية ar

لحظة من فضلك

Lah-thah-tan min fad-lak

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

Bangla বাংলা bn

এক মুহূর্ত

Ek moo-hur-to

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Catalan català ca

Un moment

Oon mo-MENT

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Czech čeština cs

Moment

MO-ment

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Danish dansk da

Et øjeblik

Et UR-yeh-blik

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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German Deutsch de

Einen Moment

AI-nen MO-ment

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

Greek Ελληνικά el

Ένα λεπτό

EH-na lep-TO

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Spanish Español es

Un momento

Oon mo-MEN-toe

Use this phrase when you need a brief pause, like answering a phone call or retrieving something.

Estonian eesti et

Hetk

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Basque Basque eu

Une bat

OO-neh bat

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Persian فارسی fa

یک لحظه

Yek lahz-EH

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Finnish suomi fi

Hetkinen

Het-KI-nen

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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French Français fr

Un instant

Un n-stan

Use this when you need a short pause or to get someone's attention.

Galician Galician gl

Un momento

Oon mo-MEN-to

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Gujarati ગુજરાતી gu

એક ક્ષણ

Ek kshun

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Hausa Hausa ha

Dan kadan

Dan ka-DAN

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Hebrew עברית he

רגע

Reh-GAH

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

Hindi हिन्दी hi

एक पल

Ek pul

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

Hungarian magyar hu

Egy pillanat

Edj PIL-lah-not

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Indonesian Indonesia id

Sebentar

Se-BEN-tar

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Icelandic Icelandic is

Augnablik

OY-gnah-blik

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Italian Italiano it

Un momento

Oon mo-MEN-to

Use this when you need a brief pause, like answering a phone call or retrieving something.

Japanese 日本語 ja

ちょっと待って

Cho-to mah-teh

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

Korean 한국어 ko

잠시만요

Jam-shi-man-yo

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

Lithuanian lietuvių lt

Akimirką

A-ki-MIR-ka

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Latvian latviešu lv

Pagaidi mirkli

Pa-GAI-di mir-kli

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Marathi मराठी mr

एक क्षण

Ek kshun

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Malay Melayu ms

Sebentar

Se-BEN-tar

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Dutch Nederlands nl

Een momentje

Ayn mo-MENT-yeh

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

Norwegian norsk no

Et øyeblikk

Et UR-yeh-blikk

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Punjabi ਪੰਜਾਬੀ pa

ਇੱਕ ਪਲ

Ik pul

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Polish polski pl

Chwileczkę

Hvee-LECH-keh

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

Portuguese Português pt

Um momento

Oom mo-MEN-too

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

Romanian română ro

O clipă

O KLEE-pah

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Russian русский ru

Минуточку

Mee-NOO-toch-koo

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

Swedish svenska sv

Ett ögonblick

Et UR-gon-blick

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Swahili Kiswahili sw

Subiri kidogo

Su-bee-ree kee-DO-go

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Tamil தமிழ் ta

ஒரு நிமிடம்

O-ru ni-mi-dam

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Telugu తెలుగు te

ఒక నిమిషం

O-ka ni-mi-sham

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Thai ไทย th

สักครู่

Sak kroo

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Filipino Filipino tl

Sandali lang

San-DA-lee lang

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Turkish Türkçe tr

Bir dakika

Beer da-KEE-ka

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Ukrainian українська uk

Хвилинку

Hvee-LIN-koo

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Urdu اردو ur

ایک لمحہ

Aik lum-HA

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Vietnamese Tiếng Việt vi

Chờ một chút

Cho mọt choot

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Yoruba Yoruba yo

Ṣeju pé

She-ju pay

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Chinese 中文 zh

稍等一下

Shaow dung ee-shyah

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

zh-yue zh-yue zh-yue

等等

Dahng dahng

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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Zulu Zulu zu

Ngicela isikhashana

Ngee-CHEH-la ee-see-KHA-sha-na

Use this when you need a short pause, like answering a question or finding something.

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