Puh-leez!



Puh-leez!

(pəə ˈliiiz)
exclam. Please!; That is enough! You can’t expect me to accept that! (A long, drawn-out way of saying Please! The tone of voice shows exasperation and disgust. The spelling is highly variable.) I am the one who’s at fault? Puuuleeeze!

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Babatunde-Western African, Yoruba
NiĈJoNEE-chyoEsperanto
Murtaz-Georgian
Pooja-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
HÉLoÏSe-French
Cato (1)-Ancient Roman