"be right back" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

IPA: /biː ɹaɪt bæk/
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  1. Used to indicate the speaker will return in a moment. Often abbreviated in online slang as BRB. Related terms: just a minute, just a second Translations (indicate speaker will return in a moment): سَأَعُودُ بَعْدَ قَلِيل (saʔaʕūdu baʕda qalīl) (Arabic), 馬上回來 (Chinese Mandarin), 马上回来 (mǎshàng huílái) (Chinese Mandarin), straks tilbage (Danish), er snart tilbage (Danish), ben zo terug (Dutch), palata pian (Finnish), je reviens (French), ich bin gleich wieder da (German), επιστρέφω αμέσως (epistréfo amésos) (Greek), थोड़ा आता हूं (thoṛā ātā hū̃) (Hindi), torno subito (Italian), soon come (Jamaican Creole), soon forward (Jamaican Creole), tuoj grįšiu (Lithuanian), веднаш се враќам (vednaš se vraḱam) (Macedonian), се враќам веднаш (se vraḱam vednaš) (Macedonian), straks tilbake (Norwegian), zaraz wracam (Polish), já volto (Portuguese), mă întorc imediat (Romanian), vin imediat înapoi (Romanian), сейчас вернусь (sejčas vernusʹ) (Russian), ско́ро вернусь (skóro vernusʹ) (Russian), vratim se brzo (Serbo-Croatian), вратим се брзо (Serbo-Croatian), ya vengo (Spanish), ya vuelvo (Spanish), ya regreso (Spanish)

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          "sense": "indicate speaker will return in a moment",
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