say goodbye

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say goodbye ‎(third-person singular simple present says goodbye, present participle saying goodbye, simple past and past participle said goodbye)

1. (literal sense) To wish someone farewell upon their leaving.
2. (idiomatic) to separate from someone

SynonymsEdit

• (separate from someone): take one's leave

TranslationsEdit

wish someone farewell upon their leaving

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 告別 (zh), 告别 (zh) ‎(gàobié)

• Czech: loučit se impf
• Dutch: zeg gedag
• Finnish: hyvästellä
• French: dire adieu (fr), faire ses adieux (fr), prendre congé de (fr)
• German: Abschied nehmen, sich verabschieden (de)
• Italian: congedarsi
• Japanese: いとまごいをする ‎(itomagoi o suru), 別れを告げる ‎(わかれをつげる, wakare o tsugeru), 告別する (ja) ‎(こくべつする, kokubetsu suru)

• Norwegian: ta adjø, ta avskjed, ta farvel
• Polish: żegnać się (pl) impf, pożegnać się (pl) pf
• Portuguese: despedir-se
• Russian: проща́ться (ru) impf ‎(proščátʹsja), прости́ться (ru) pf ‎(prostítʹsja), попроща́ться (ru) pf ‎(poproščátʹsja)
• Slovene: se posloviti
• Spanish: despedirse (es)
• Turkish: hoşçakal demek
• Vietnamese: chia tay
• Volapük: leditön (vo)

separate from someone

See alsoEdit

• say hello