"how do you do" meaning in English

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Noun

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  1. (UK, euphemistic) A difficult situation Tags: UK, euphemistic
    Sense id: en-how_do_you_do-en-noun-zveq30mV Categories (other): British English, English euphemisms

Phrase

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  1. (formal) A greeting used upon being introduced to someone. Alternatives are how are you, pleased to meet you, and nice to meet you. (Sometimes used as a rhetorical question among familiar parties, depending on the region). Tags: formal Categories (topical): English rhetorical questions, Greetings Synonyms: how-do-you-do, how-d'ye-do [noun] Related terms: how are you doing [informal], howdy [informal] Translations (Phrase: how do you do): бышҧаҟоу (bəŝpaqʼow) [addressee-feminine] (Abkhaz), ушҧаҟоу (uŝpaqʼow) [addressee-masculine] (Abkhaz), шәышҧаҟақоу (ŝʷəŝpaqʼakow) (note: to more than one person) (Abkhaz), تَشَرَّفْنَا (tašarrafnā) (Arabic), encantáu (english: said by a male) (Asturian), encantada (english: said by a female) (Asturian), Encantáu de coñocete (Asturian), ¿Cómu tás? (Asturian), encantat [masculine] (Catalan), encantada [feminine] (Catalan), encantat de coneixe't (Catalan), 幸會 (Chinese Cantonese), 幸会 (english: hang⁶ wui⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 幸會 (Chinese Mandarin), 幸会 (xìnghuì) (Chinese Mandarin), 請多關照 (Chinese Mandarin), 请多关照 (qǐng duō guānzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), 您好 (nínhǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), těší mě (Czech), goddag (Danish), (det) glæder mig (Danish), hoe gaat het (Dutch), hoe gaat het met jou [informal] (Dutch), hoe gaat het met u [formal] (Dutch), hoe maakt u het [formal] (Dutch), kuidas läheb (Estonian), hvussu gongur (Faroese), hyvää päivää (Finnish), enchanté [masculine] (French), enchantée [feminine] (French), encantado [masculine] (Galician), sehr erfreut (German), sehr angenehm (German), wie geht es dir (German), χαίρω πολύ (chaíro polý) (Greek), kamusta (Hiligaynon), örvendek (Hungarian), örvendek a szerencsének (Hungarian), örülök, hogy megismerhetem (Hungarian), apa kabar? (Indonesian), piacere di conoscerla [feminine, masculine] (Italian), come va (Italian), tutto bene (Italian), 初めまして (hajimemashite) (alt: はじめまして) (Japanese), 始めてお目にかかります (hajimete o-me ni kakarimasu) (alt: はじめておめにかかります) [formal] (Japanese), 御機嫌よう (Japanese), ご機嫌よう (gokigen yō) (alt: ごきげんよう) (Japanese), сәлеметсіз бе (sälemetsız be) (Kazakh), амансыз ба (amansyz ba) (Kazakh), 안녕하십니까 (annyeong-hasimnikka) (Korean), quid agis? (note: said to one person) (Latin), quid agitis? (note: said to more than one person) (Latin), мило ми е (milo mi e) (Macedonian), драго ми е (drago mi e) (Macedonian), nizhónígo ałhééhosiilzįįd (Navajo), gleder meg [formal] (Norwegian Bokmål), hyggelig å møte deg (note: more informal) (Norwegian Bokmål), hvordan har du det (Norwegian Bokmål), از آشنایی شما خوشوقتم (az âšenâyi-ye šomâ xošvaqtam) (Persian), jak się masz (note: to a singular listener) [informal] (Polish), jak się macie (english: to many listeners) [informal] (Polish), jak leci [colloquial] (Polish), jak tam [informal] (Polish), muito prazer (Portuguese), mă bucur să te cunosc (Romanian), e o plăcere să te cunosc (Romanian), о́чень прия́тно (óčenʹ prijátno) (Russian), как дела́? (kak delá?) (Russian), прия́тно познако́миться (prijátno poznakómitʹsja) (Russian), encantado (english: said by a male) (Spanish), encantada (english: said by a female) (Spanish), ¿cómo está usted? (Spanish), hur står det till [formal] (Swedish), hur är det med dig [informal] (Swedish), kumusta (Tagalog), dəʔ šʔálen̓əxʷš (Tillamook), nasılsınız [formal] (Turkish), ne var ne yok [informal] (Turkish)
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          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "幸會"
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          "english": "hang⁶ wui⁶",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "幸會"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xìnghuì",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "幸会"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "請多關照"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qǐng duō guānzhào",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nínhǎo",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "您好"
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        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "těší mě"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "goddag"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "(det) glæder mig"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "hoe gaat het"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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          ],
          "word": "hoe gaat het met u"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "kuidas läheb"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "hvussu gongur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "hyvää päivää"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "enchanté"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "enchantée"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "encantado"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "sehr erfreut"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "sehr angenehm"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "wie geht es dir"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "chaíro polý",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "χαίρω πολύ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hil",
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "kamusta"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "örvendek"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "örvendek a szerencsének"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "örülök, hogy megismerhetem"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "apa kabar?"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "piacere di conoscerla"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "come va"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "tutto bene"
        },
        {
          "alt": "はじめまして",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hajimemashite",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "初めまして"
        },
        {
          "alt": "はじめておめにかかります",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hajimete o-me ni kakarimasu",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "始めてお目にかかります"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "御機嫌よう"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ごきげんよう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gokigen yō",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "ご機嫌よう"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "sälemetsız be",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "сәлеметсіз бе"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "amansyz ba",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "амансыз ба"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "annyeong-hasimnikka",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "안녕하십니까"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "note": "said to one person",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "quid agis?"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "note": "said to more than one person",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "quid agitis?"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "milo mi e",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "мило ми е"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "drago mi e",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "драго ми е"
        },
        {
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "nizhónígo ałhééhosiilzįįd"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "gleder meg"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "note": "more informal",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "hyggelig å møte deg"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "hvordan har du det"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "az âšenâyi-ye šomâ xošvaqtam",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "از آشنایی شما خوشوقتم"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "to a singular listener",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "jak się masz"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "english": "to many listeners",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "jak się macie"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "jak leci"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "jak tam"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "muito prazer"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "mă bucur să te cunosc"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "e o plăcere să te cunosc"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "óčenʹ prijátno",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "о́чень прия́тно"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kak delá?",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "как дела́?"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prijátno poznakómitʹsja",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "прия́тно познако́миться"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "said by a male",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "encantado"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "english": "said by a female",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "encantada"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "¿cómo está usted?"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "formal"
          ],
          "word": "hur står det till"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "hur är det med dig"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
          "word": "kumusta"
        },
        {
          "code": "til",
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          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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          "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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    {
      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "¿Cómu tás?"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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      "word": "encantat"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "yue",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "english": "hang⁶ wui⁶",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "幸会"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xìnghuì",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "幸会"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "請多關照"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qǐng duō guānzhào",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "请多关照"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "těší mě"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "goddag"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "(det) glæder mig"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "hoe gaat het"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hoe gaat het met jou"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hoe gaat het met u"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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      "word": "hoe maakt u het"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "kuidas läheb"
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    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "hvussu gongur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "hyvää päivää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "enchanté"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "enchantée"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "encantado"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "sehr erfreut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "sehr angenehm"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "wie geht es dir"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "chaíro polý",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "χαίρω πολύ"
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    {
      "code": "hil",
      "lang": "Hiligaynon",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "kamusta"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "örvendek"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "örvendek a szerencsének"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "örülök, hogy megismerhetem"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "apa kabar?"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "piacere di conoscerla"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "come va"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "tutto bene"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はじめまして",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hajimemashite",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "初めまして"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はじめておめにかかります",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hajimete o-me ni kakarimasu",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "始めてお目にかかります"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "御機嫌よう"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごきげんよう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gokigen yō",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "ご機嫌よう"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "sälemetsız be",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "сәлеметсіз бе"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "amansyz ba",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "амансыз ба"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "annyeong-hasimnikka",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "안녕하십니까"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "note": "said to one person",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "quid agis?"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "note": "said to more than one person",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "quid agitis?"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "milo mi e",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "мило ми е"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "drago mi e",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "драго ми е"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "nizhónígo ałhééhosiilzįįd"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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      "word": "gleder meg"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "note": "more informal",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "hyggelig å møte deg"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "hvordan har du det"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "az âšenâyi-ye šomâ xošvaqtam",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "از آشنایی شما خوشوقتم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "note": "to a singular listener",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
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      "word": "jak się masz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "to many listeners",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "jak się macie"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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      "word": "jak leci"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "jak tam"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "muito prazer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "mă bucur să te cunosc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "e o plăcere să te cunosc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "óčenʹ prijátno",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "о́чень прия́тно"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kak delá?",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "как дела́?"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prijátno poznakómitʹsja",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "прия́тно познако́миться"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "english": "said by a male",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "encantado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "said by a female",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "encantada"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "¿cómo está usted?"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hur står det till"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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      "word": "hur är det med dig"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "kumusta"
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    {
      "code": "til",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
      "word": "dəʔ šʔálen̓əxʷš"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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    {
      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "Phrase: how do you do",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(UK, euphemistic) A difficult situation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-how do you do.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/66/En-au-how_do_you_do.ogg/En-au-how_do_you_do.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/En-au-how_do_you_do.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "how-do-you-do"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "how-d'ye-do"
    }
  ],
  "word": "how do you do"
}

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