"who's calling" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=who's calling?}} who's calling?
  1. Used by a phone-call receiver to ask the identity of the caller. Translations (who is calling?): ո՞վ է (ov ē) (Armenian), ո՞վ է հարցնում (ov ē harcʻnum) (Armenian), 你是誰? (Chinese Mandarin), 你是谁? (nǐ shì shéi?) (english: who are you?) (Chinese Mandarin), 您是哪位? (nín shì nǎ wèi?) (english: "who are you?") [formal, polite] (Chinese Mandarin), kuka soittaa (Finnish), quen é? (Galician), कौन बोल रहे हैं (kaun bol rahe ha͠i) [polite] (Hindi), कौन बोल रहा है (kaun bol rahā hai) [informal] (Hindi), kivel beszélek? (Hungarian), ninu pu ikayo? (Kapampangan), mamawus kayo? (Kapampangan), quem está falando (Portuguese), кто звони́т? (kto zvonít?) (Russian), ¿quién es? (Spanish), kiminle görüşüyorum (Turkish)

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          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "who is calling?",
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          "sense": "who is calling?",
          "word": "quem está falando"
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          "roman": "kto zvonít?",
          "sense": "who is calling?",
          "word": "кто звони́т?"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "who is calling?",
          "word": "¿quién es?"
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          "sense": "who is calling?",
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      "sense": "who is calling?",
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      "sense": "who is calling?",
      "word": "kivel beszélek?"
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      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "who is calling?",
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