Meanings
phrase
- A traditional phrase said by each of the prospective spouses during a wedding ceremony in order to accept the marriage.
They'd been pushing for me to get pregnant ever since I said "I do." And now that I was, do you think they were happy? No way.
2003, Joanne Kimes, Sanford A. Tisherman, Pregnancy Sucks: What to Do when Your Miracle Makes you Miserable, →ISBN, page 1011 more example
When she said ‘I do’ at the altar she was deemed to have made herself sexually available to her husband whenever he might wish.
2008, Mary Holmes, Gender and Everyday Life, →ISBN, page 75
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 我願意 /我愿意
- 我願意 /我愿意 (wǒ yuànyì)traditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage
Dutch ja
- jatraditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage
Finnish tahdon
- tahdontraditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage
French oui, oui, je le veux
- ouitraditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage
- oui, je le veuxtraditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage
German ja, ich will
- ja, ich willtraditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage
Hungarian igen, akarom
- igentraditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage
- akaromtraditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage
Italian sì, lo voglio
- sì, lo vogliotraditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage
Slovak áno, chcem
- áno, chcemtraditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage
Spanish sí, acepto
- sí, aceptotraditional phrase said upon acceptance of marriage
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APA
I do. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20do
MLA
“I do.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20do. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “I do,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/I%20do.
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