I am looking for a word I heard already several Russian people say and that yet I can’t find on any translation platform. This word sounded like «час», or «счас», in the context of «give me a sec», or «one moment please».
But I have no clue how to write this word and what it is supposed to accurately mean by itself. Could someone please help me? ^^ )
Most common variants are "сейчас" (which colloquially is pronounced "сщас" or "щас"), "[одну] секунду / секундочку", "[одну] минуту / минуточку" and "[один] момент".
If one wants to put emphasis on what more or less corresponds to "just" in "just a sec", they can say something like "буквально секунду".
You're probably looking for щас which is just a lenient rendition of сейчас.
It's the same as saying "wassup" instead of "what's up" or "ain't" instead of "am not" or "have not" in English.
Сейчас is often used in Russian in the sense of "a moment" (like in "give me a moment").
In writing, it's usually rendered as сейчас, unless you want to emphasize the leniency with eye spelling. In the latter case, it's written as щас or счас
We (Russian speakers) quite often say: "пять сек" (5 sec) in this sense.
I uses 'минуту' which stands for 'Подождите одну минуту' 'Wait for a minute' or 'секунду' if pause is very short (about a few seconds)
