what do you say

English

Pronunciation

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Phrase

what do you say?

1. (idiomatic) Used to ask someone if they are willing to do something.

   Let's go to the movies tonight, what do you say?

   Synonym: what say you

2. (idiomatic) Used to remind a child to say a polite expression.

   That man just gave you a lovely birthday gift, young lady; what do you say? ― Thank you!

   I want cake! ― What do you say? ― Please!

   When Aunt Fiona from Florida gave Jordan some candy, Mom said, "What do you say?" and Jordan replied, "Thank you!"

Derived terms

• what (as a colloquial British form of 'eh')

Translations

used to ask someone if they are willing to do something

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 你覺得怎麼樣？／你觉得怎么样？ (nǐ juéde zěnmeyàng?), 好嗎？／好吗？ (hǎo ma?), 你說呢？／你说呢？ (nǐ shuō ne?)

• Finnish: mitä sanot
• French: (formal) qu’en dites-vous ?, (informal) qu’en dis-tu ?
• Greek: τι λες (ti les)
• Hungarian: mit szólsz?, mit szólsz hozzá?
• Korean: 어떻게 생각해? (eotteoke saenggakhae?), 어때? (ko) (eottae?)
• Polish: co ty na to? (informal)
• Russian: что ска́жешь? (što skážešʹ?)
• Spanish: qué te parece

used to remind a child to say a polite expression

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 說謝謝／说谢谢 (shuō xièxie)

• Finnish: mitä sanotaan
• French: qu’est-ce qu’on dit ?
• Galician: que se di?
• German: wie sagt man
• Greek: τι λέμε (ti léme)
• Hungarian: mit mondunk ilyenkor
• Polish: co powiesz?, co się mówi?
• Russian: что на́до сказа́ть? (što nádo skazátʹ?)
• Spanish: ¿qué se dice?