Meanings
interjection
- idiomaticinformalby ellipsisA polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.
"Who says he did?" / "Aubry." / "Yeah? A guy in for murder? Come again." / "Glad to. Beebe says so too."
1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, page 1201 more example
Vincent: A "please" would be nice. / The Wolf: Come again? / Vincent: I said a "please" would be nice. / The Wolf: Get it straight, Buster. I'm not here to say "please". I'm here to tell you what to do.
1994, Pulp Fiction - idiomaticUsed as a polite farewell to a visitor, inviting a return visit.
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic عَفْواً!, مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟
- عَفْواً! (ʕafwan!)could you repeat that
- مَاذَا قُلْتَ؟ (māḏā qulta?)could you repeat that
- مَاذَا قُلْتِ؟ (māḏā qulti?)could you repeat that
- هَلَّا أَعَدْتَ مَا قُلْتَ؟ (hallā ʔaʕadta mā qulta?)could you repeat that
- هَلَّا أَعَدْتِ مَا قُلْتِ؟ (hallā ʔaʕadti mā qulti?)could you repeat that
Chinese Mandarin 歡迎再次光臨 /欢迎再次光临, 你說什麼 /你说什么
- 歡迎再次光臨 /欢迎再次光临 (huānyíng zàicì guānglín)polite farewell, inviting return visit
- 你說什麼 /你说什么 (nǐ shuō shénme)could you repeat that
Czech cože
- cožecould you repeat that
Finnish tervetuloa uudelleen, voisitteko toistaa
- tervetuloa uudelleenpolite farewell, inviting return visit
- voisitteko toistaacould you repeat that
- voisitko toistaa?could you repeat that
- toistaisitteko?could you repeat that
- toistaisitko?could you repeat that
French au plaisir, pardon
- au plaisirpolite farewell, inviting return visit
- pardoncould you repeat that
- plaît-ilcould you repeat that
- commentcould you repeat that
- quoicould you repeat that
- de quoicould you repeat that
- heincould you repeat that
German besuchen Sie uns gerne wieder, besuchen Sie uns baId wieder
- besuchen Sie uns gerne wiederpolite farewell, inviting return visit
- besuchen Sie uns baId wiederpolite farewell, inviting return visit
- kommen Sie bald wiederpolite farewell, inviting return visit
- wie bittecould you repeat that
- bittecould you repeat that
- nochmal bittecould you repeat that
Hungarian jöjjön/jöjjenek máskor is (el), tessék?
- jöjjön/jöjjenek máskor is (el)polite farewell, inviting return visit
- tessék?could you repeat that
Icelandic ha
- hacould you repeat that
Italian prego?, come scusa?
- prego?could you repeat that
- come scusa?could you repeat that
Norwegian Bokmål unnskyld?, hva behager?
- unnskyld?could you repeat that
- hva behager?could you repeat that
Polish zapraszamy ponownie
- zapraszamy ponowniepolite farewell, inviting return visit
Portuguese volte sempre, o quê?
- volte semprepolite farewell, inviting return visit
- o quê?could you repeat that
- como?could you repeat that
Romanian poftim?
- poftim?could you repeat that
Russian приходи́те ещё, как-как?
- приходи́те ещё (prixodíte ješčó)polite farewell, inviting return visit
- как-как? (kak-kak?)could you repeat that
Spanish será un placer volver a verlo, vuelva pronto
- será un placer volver a verlopolite farewell, inviting return visit
- vuelva prontopolite farewell, inviting return visit
- ¿cómo?could you repeat that
- ¿mande?could you repeat that
- ¿qué cosa?could you repeat that
- ¿que qué?could you repeat that
- ¿ah?could you repeat that
- ¿eh?could you repeat that
Swahili karibu tena
- karibu tenapolite farewell, inviting return visit
Swedish välkommen åter, ursäkta?
- välkommen återpolite farewell, inviting return visit
- ursäkta?could you repeat that
Tagalog balik ka ulit, pakiulit
- balik ka ulitpolite farewell, inviting return visit
- pakiulitcould you repeat that
- puwedeng pakiulitcould you repeat that
Cite this entry
APA
come again. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20again
MLA
“come again.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20again. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come again,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20again.
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