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please1

/pliːz/

Translation

excl
por favor
Can I borrow your pencil, please?
¿Me prestas el lápiz, por favor?
Please accept this small gift
Le ruego que acepte este pequeño obsequio
please do!
¡por supuesto!
yes, please
sí, gracias
(Definition of please excl from the Diccionario Cambridge Compact English-Spanish © Cambridge University Press and Ediciones SM 2011)

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