Turkish · The Basics
Hadi be!
hah-DEE BEH · /haˈdi be/
Get outta here! / No way! / Yeah right!
2/5 Bar-safe
coarse but friendly; fine among acquaintances
Literally
"Come on then!"
Word-for-word — which is rarely what it means.
How to use it
Disbelief with a shove. "Hadi be" waves away something you don't buy, half-admiringly. Swap "be" for "lan" or "oradan" ("hadi oradan!" — get outta here) and it sharpens into real dismissal. Friendly at a raki table, cutting if you mean it.
Heard in the wild
Sınavı geçmiş. — Hadi be, o mu?
He passed the exam. — Get outta here, him?
Where it lands
Turkey-wide; universal
Quick answers
- What does "Hadi be!" mean?
- In Turkish, "Hadi be!" means "Get outta here! / No way! / Yeah right!". Literally it's "Come on then!". Disbelief with a shove. "Hadi be" waves away something you don't buy, half-admiringly. Swap "be" for "lan" or "oradan" ("hadi oradan!" — get outta here) and it sharpens into real dismissal. Friendly at a raki table, cutting if you mean it.
- Is "Hadi be!" offensive?
- It's on the mild end — 2/5 (Bar-safe) on the Punch-o-Meter. coarse but friendly; fine among acquaintances.
- How do you pronounce "Hadi be!"?
- Say it "hah-DEE BEH" — capitals mark the stressed syllable. In IPA: haˈdi be.
Related in Turkish
Lan LAHN Man / dude / hey — a rough vocative that dials the whole sentence up or down Yapma ya! yahp-MAH YAH No way! / Come on! / Get outta here! / Stop it! Ayıp! ah-YUHP Shame on you! / That's not on! Aman! ah-MAHN Oh come on / whatever / good grief Allah Allah! ah-LAH ah-LAH What on earth?! / How strange! / What the—?! Oha! oh-HAH Whoa! / Holy crap! / OMG!
The same idea, elsewhere
Via concepts like "No way".
- French Oh la vache ! Holy cow! / Wow! / Whoa!
- German Quatsch! Nonsense! / Rubbish! / No way!
- Greek έλα ρε Come on! / No way! / You're kidding — disbelief, protest, or delight depending on tone.
- Italian Dai! Come on! / Come off it! / Please!
- Japanese マジ Seriously / for real / no joke
- Korean 헐 Whoa / no way / I can't even — the all-purpose stunned noise.
- Polish no co ty! No way! / Come on! / You can't be serious.
- Portuguese Porra nenhuma! Bullshit! / Like hell! / Not a damn thing
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