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belanja

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Singapore/bəˈlɑnd͡ʒɑ/

belanja verb: to give someone a treat.

Verb

belanja

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) To give someone a treat.
    • Actually, what I don’t understand about girls is why they expect us to belanja them all the time. Why can’t they belanja us?1981, Robert Yeo, Prize-winning Plays: Volumes 1-4, Federal Publications, page 37
    • Belanja Eat, launched April 10, is a pay-it-forward initiative that lets you belanja (or treat) someone to a hawker meal.2020 April 19, Chelsea Kiew, Hannah Bock, “Virus Vigilantes: Doing good in trying times”, in The Straits Times, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2024

Forms of belanja

alternative formblanja

Origin of belanja

From Malay belanja.

Questions about belanja

What does belanja mean?
Belanja means to give someone a treat.
What part of speech is belanja?
Belanja is a verb.
How do you pronounce belanja?
Belanja is pronounced /bəˈlɑnd͡ʒɑ/ (Singapore).

Words near belanja in the dictionary

  1. belandres
  2. Belands
  3. Belanger
  4. Belangers
  5. Belanglo
  6. belanja
  7. Belansky
  8. belantamab mafodotin
  9. belap
  10. belaperidone
  11. belapped

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