"be my guest" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-be my guest.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb|imperative}} be my guest (imperative)
  1. (idiomatic) Do as you wish; go ahead; help yourself; go for it! Tags: idiomatic, imperative Translations (do as you wish): 請便 (Chinese Mandarin), 请便 (qǐngbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 請自便 (Chinese Mandarin), 请自便 (qǐng zì biàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 別客氣 (Chinese Mandarin), 别客气 (bié kèqì) (Chinese Mandarin), ga je gang (Dutch), ole hyvä [informal, singular] (Finnish), olkaa hyvä [formal, plural] (Finnish), ole hyvä vain (Finnish), olkaa hyvä vain (Finnish), kaikin mokomin (Finnish), servez-vous [formal] (French), je vous en prie (French), sers-toi [informal] (French), je t’en prie (French), vas-y (French), allez-y (French), როგორც გენებოს (rogorc genebos) (Georgian), bedienen Sie sich [formal] (German), greifen Sie zu (German), bedien dich [informal] (German), greif zu (German), csak nyugodtan (Hungarian), csak tessék (Hungarian), hogyne (Hungarian), persze (Hungarian), természetesen (Hungarian), fai pure (Italian), ご遠慮なくお使いください (go-enryo naku o-tsukai kudasai) (Japanese), proszę (Polish), droga wolna [feminine] (Polish), fique à vontade (Portuguese), sinta-se à vontade (Portuguese), не стесня́йтесь (ne stesnjájtesʹ) (english: don't be shy) [formal] (Russian), не стесня́йся (ne stesnjájsja) [informal] (Russian), угоща́йтесь (ugoščájtesʹ) (english: help yourself (food)) [formal] (Russian), угоща́йся (ugoščájsja) [informal] (Russian), orale como vas (Spanish), adelante, llegale con confinaza (Spanish), adelante (Spanish)

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      "word": "je t’en prie"
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "do as you wish",
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      "sense": "do as you wish",
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      "sense": "do as you wish",
      "word": "persze"
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    {
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "do as you wish",
      "word": "természetesen"
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      "sense": "do as you wish",
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      "word": "угоща́йся"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "do as you wish",
      "word": "orale como vas"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "do as you wish",
      "word": "adelante, llegale con confinaza"
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      "sense": "do as you wish",
      "word": "adelante"
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}

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