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pede

English translation: confident/confidence

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Malay term or phrase:pede (BIndo: PD)
English translation:confident/confidence
Entered by: Bashir Basalamah

04:08 Aug 29, 2009
Malay to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Journalism / newspaper article
Malay term or phrase: pede
Context: "XXX pun jadi pede kalau angka penjualan sepeda merek premium ini pada tahun 2009 nanti pun bakal melaju. Malah ia memasang target dua kali lipat yakni 2.000 unit."
Archipelago (X)
Local time: 15:32
confident/confidence
Explanation:
This is not Malay but Indonesian. 'pede' is the spelt-out abbreviation PD (Indonesian alphabet) which stands for 'percaya diri' (confident or confidence, depending on context)
Selected response from:

Bashir Basalamah
Singapore
Local time: 14:02
Grading comment
Many thanks
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4confident/confidence
Bashir Basalamah


  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
confident/confidence


Explanation:
This is not Malay but Indonesian. 'pede' is the spelt-out abbreviation PD (Indonesian alphabet) which stands for 'percaya diri' (confident or confidence, depending on context)

Bashir Basalamah
Singapore
Local time: 14:02
Native speaker of: Native in MalayMalay
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Many thanks
Notes to answerer
Asker: You're right. It's Indonesian. I carelessly posted the question in the wrong place. Thanks for your help -- your answer is convincing.

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