Meanings
phrasewhat are you doing?
- Used to ask what the interlocutor is currently doing.
Anna! Hi! What’re you doing?
2016, VOA Learning English (public domain) - Used to tell the interlocutor to stop what they are currently doing.
All of a sudden, he pulled her arm down towards his crotch and began humping it. "Ahh! My God! What are you doing? Stop that! Stop that!"
2009, Stephen Goldfinger, The Comedian and the Urologist's Daughter, page 135
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
what are you up to?whatcha doin'?
Translations
Arabic مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟, مَاذَا تَفْعَلِينَ؟
- مَاذَا تَفْعَلُ؟ (māḏā tafʕalu?)what are you doing
- مَاذَا تَفْعَلِينَ؟ (māḏā tafʕalīna?)what are you doing
- مَاذَا تَعْمَلُ؟ (māḏā taʕmalu?)what are you doing
- مَاذَا تَعْمَلِينَ؟ (māḏā taʕmalīna?)what are you doing
Bulgarian какво́ пра́вите?, какво́ пра́виш?
- какво́ пра́вите? (kakvó právite?)what are you doing
- какво́ пра́виш? (kakvó práviš?)what are you doing
Chinese Cantonese 你做緊乜嘢嘢呀？ /你做紧乜嘢嘢呀？
- 你做緊乜嘢嘢呀？ /你做紧乜嘢嘢呀？ (nei⁵ zou⁶ gan² mat¹ je⁵ je⁵ aa³?)what are you doing
Chinese Mandarin 你在幹什麼？ /你在干什么？, 你幹嘛呢？ /你干嘛呢？
- 你在幹什麼？ /你在干什么？ (nǐ zài gàn shénme?)what are you doing
- 你幹嘛呢？ /你干嘛呢？ (nǐ gàn má ne?)what are you doing
Czech co děláte?, co děláš?
- co děláte?what are you doing
- co děláš?what are you doing
Danish hvad gør du?
- hvad gør du?what are you doing
Dutch wat ben je aan het doen?, waar ben je mee bezig?
- wat ben je aan het doen?what are you doing
- waar ben je mee bezig?what are you doing
Esperanto kion vi faras?
- kion vi faras?what are you doing
Estonian mis sina teed?
- mis sina teed?what are you doing
Finnish mitä sinä teet?
- mitä sinä teet?what are you doing
French qu’est-ce que vous faites, que faites-vous
- qu’est-ce que vous faiteswhat are you doing
- que faites-vouswhat are you doing
- qu'est-ce que tu faiswhat are you doing
- que fais-tuwhat are you doing
German was machen Sie?, was tun Sie?
- was machen Sie?what are you doing
- was tun Sie?what are you doing
- was machst du?what are you doing
- was tust du?what are you doing
Greek τι κανείς;
- τι κανείς; (ti kaneís?)what are you doing
Hebrew מה אתה עושה?, מה את עושה?
- מה אתה עושה? (ma atá ose?)what are you doing
- מה את עושה? (ma at osa?)what are you doing
Hindi आप क्या कर रहे हैं?, तुम क्या कर रहे हो?
- आप क्या कर रहे हैं? (āp kyā kar rahe ha͠i?)what are you doing
- तुम क्या कर रहे हो? (tum kyā kar rahe ho?)what are you doing
Hungarian mit csinál?, mit csinálsz?
- mit csinál?what are you doing
- mit csinálsz?what are you doing
Icelandic hvað ertu að gera?
- hvað ertu að gera?what are you doing
Indonesian apa yang sedang kamu lakukan? (id), apa yang sedang Anda lakukan?
- apa yang sedang kamu lakukan? (id)what are you doing
- apa yang sedang Anda lakukan?what are you doing
- ngapain?what are you doing
Irish cad é atá á dhéanamh agat?, cad é atá ar siúl agat?
- cad é atá á dhéanamh agat?what are you doing
- cad é atá ar siúl agat?what are you doing
Italian che fa?, che fai?
- che fa?what are you doing
- che fai?what are you doing
Japanese 何をしていますか, 何してるの？
- 何をしていますか (nani o shite imasu ka?)what are you doing
- 何してるの？ (nani shiteru no?)what are you doing
- なにそれwhat are you doing
Korean 뭐하십니까?, 뭐하세요?
- 뭐하십니까? (mwohasimnikka?)what are you doing
- 뭐하세요? (mwohaseyo?)what are you doing
- 뭐해? (mwohae?)what are you doing
Lithuanian ką veiki?
- ką veiki?what are you doing
Norwegian Bokmål hva gjør du?
- hva gjør du?what are you doing
Polish co robisz?, co Pan robi?
- co robisz?what are you doing
- co Pan robi?what are you doing
- co Pani robi?what are you doing
Portuguese o que você está fazendo?, o que estás a fazer?
- o que você está fazendo?what are you doing
- o que estás a fazer?what are you doing
Romanian ce faceți?, ce faci?
- ce faceți?what are you doing
- ce faci?what are you doing
Russian что вы де́лаете?, что ты де́лаешь?
- что вы де́лаете? (što vy délajete?)what are you doing
- что ты де́лаешь? (što ty délaješʹ?)what are you doing
Slovak čo robíte?, čo robíš?
- čo robíte?what are you doing
- čo robíš?what are you doing
Spanish ¿qué hace?, ¿qué haces?
- ¿qué hace?what are you doing
- ¿qué haces?what are you doing
Swedish vad gör du?, va göru?
- vad gör du?what are you doing
- va göru?what are you doing
- vad göru?what are you doing
- vad håller du på med?what are you doing
Tagalog ano ang ginagawa mo?, ano po ang ginagawa niyo?
- ano ang ginagawa mo?what are you doing
- ano po ang ginagawa niyo?what are you doing
- ano po ang ginagawa ninyo?what are you doing
- anong ginagawa mo?what are you doing
Thai ทำอะไร, ทำอะไรอยู่
- ทำอะไร (tam-à-rai)what are you doing
- ทำอะไรอยู่ (tam-à-rai-yùu)what are you doing
Turkish ne yapıyorsunuz?, n'apıyorsunuz?
- ne yapıyorsunuz?what are you doing
- n'apıyorsunuz?what are you doing
- ne yapıyorsun?what are you doing
- n'apıyorsun?what are you doing
Ukrainian що ви ро́бите?, що ти ро́биш?
- що ви ро́бите? (ščo vy róbyte?)what are you doing
- що ти ро́биш? (ščo ty róbyš?)what are you doing
Urdu آپ کْیا کَر رَہے ہَیں؟, تُم کْیا کَر رَہے ہو؟
- آپ کْیا کَر رَہے ہَیں؟ (āp kyā kar rahe ha͠i?)what are you doing
- تُم کْیا کَر رَہے ہو؟ (tum kyā kar rahe ho?)what are you doing
Vietnamese bạn đang làm gì? (generic, replace bạn with the appropriate pronoun)
- bạn đang làm gì? (generic, replace bạn with the appropriate pronoun)what are you doing
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