What on earth are you talking about?

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What on earth are you talking about?

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:eng: What on earth are you talking about?

:chn: Mandarin

你到底在说什么?
Nǐ dàodǐ zài shuō shénme?
[ni˨˩ tɑʊ̯˥˩ti˨˩ t͡saɪ̯˥˩ ʂwɔ˥ ʂən˧˥mɤ̆˨]
2[SG] in.the.end PROG say what
What on earth are you talking about? (lit. "What are you talking about in the end?")

:esp: Spanish

¿De qué demonios estás hablando?
[de ke ð̞eˈmonjos esˈtas aˈβ̞lando]
de qué demonio-s est-ás habl-ando
of what devil-PL COP-2SG.PRS.IND talk-PRESP

What the devil are you talking about?
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This is about the closest phrase I could think of [:P]
:irn: Tehruni

xodāyā, rājeb-e ci dāri harf mizani?
[ˈχodɒˌjɒ, ɾɒʤɛbɛ ˈʧi dɒɾi ˈhaɾf mizani]
God-VOC, about-GEN what AUX-2.SG speech AUX.IMF-2.SG
Oh God, what are you talking about?

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:deu: German

Über was zum Teufel redest du?
[ʔˈyːbɐ vas t͡sʊm ˈtʰɔʏ̯fl̩ ˈʁeːdəst du:↗]
about what to=DEF devil talk-2SG 2SG.NOM
What to the devil are you talking about?

:con: Yélian

Can pe palei, cu Brando?
[kɐ̈n pə ˈpaːlɛɪ̯, kʊ̈ ˈbɾando]
with what talk-2SG, at Brando
What are you talking about, for Brando's sake?
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Öçek la chensat nzo hömöl?
2SG-NOM AUX.PRES what-ACC on.earth-ADV speak-INTERR
What on earth are you talking about?

"nzo" is pretty much a calquey rip-off of 到底 (dàodǐ)/究竟 (jiūjìng) in these cases.
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Iyionaku wrote: :deu: German

Über was zum Teufel redest du?
[ʔˈyːbɐ vas t͡sʊm ˈtʰɔʏ̯fl̩ ˈʁeːdəst du:↗]
about what to=DEF devil talk-2SG 2SG.NOM
What to the devil are you talking about?

Can pe palei, cu Brando?
[kɐ̈n pə ˈpaːlɛɪ̯, kʊ̈ ˈbɾando]
with what talk-2SG, at Brando
What are you talking about, for Brando's sake?
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Oops. My own one.
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