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ta-ta

(tä′tä′)
interj. Chiefly British
Used to express farewell.
[Of baby-talk origin.]
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ta-ta

(tæˈtɑː)
sentence substitute
informal Brit goodbye; farewell
[C19: of unknown origin]
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Translations

ta-ta

[ˈtæˈtɑː] EXCL (Brit) → adiós, adiosito
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ta-ta

interj (Brit inf) → tschüss (inf), → ata ata (baby-talk)
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ta-ta

[ˈtæˈtɑː] excl (Brit) (fam) (goodbye) → ciao!
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ta-ta

(tӕˈtaː)
(often used to or by young children) good-bye. Say ta-ta to Gran. tatta إلى اللقاء довиждане adeus pa, papa auf Wiedersehen hej; bye-bye γεια adiós da-da, aidaa بای بای hei hei au revoir! שלום अन्तिम नमस्कार zbogom! do viđenja! selamat berpisah bless arrivederci, ciao バイバイ ‘빠이빠이’ ate! atā! ta-ta dada ha det!; morna! pa-pa adeus pa!, ciao! пока! pá, pápá papa! pa pa hej då! ลาก่อน hoşça kal (兒語)再會 до побачення الوداع، خدا حافظ tạm biệt (儿语)再会
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