"pretty please" meaning in English

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Interjection

Head templates: {{en-interj}} pretty please
  1. (childish or humorous) An emphatic form of please. Tags: childish, humorous Translations (an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite): bliefies (Afrikaans), 求求你了 (qiúqiúnǐle) (Chinese Mandarin), jooko (Finnish), bitte bitte (German), légyszi-légyszi (Hungarian), légy olyan aranyos (Hungarian), por favorzinho (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-pretty_please-en-intj-cVdMssuP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "code": "af",
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          "sense": "an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite",
          "word": "bliefies"
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "roman": "qiúqiúnǐle",
          "sense": "an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite",
          "word": "求求你了"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite",
          "word": "jooko"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite",
          "word": "bitte bitte"
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        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite",
          "word": "légyszi-légyszi"
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        {
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite",
      "word": "bliefies"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiúqiúnǐle",
      "sense": "an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite",
      "word": "求求你了"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite",
      "word": "jooko"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite",
      "word": "bitte bitte"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite",
      "word": "légyszi-légyszi"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an emphatic interjection to make commands more polite",
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