Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Apr 19, 2011 11:48
13 yrs ago
Arabic term
ياللعار
Arabic to English
Social Sciences
Government / Politics
Libyan
Occurs after "one of them said..." in an article about 2 men giving a speech each
as in
وقال احدهم ياللعار,
Many thanks in advance for your ideas
as in
وقال احدهم ياللعار,
Many thanks in advance for your ideas
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
May 3, 2011 06:17: Hassan Lotfy Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
+5
2 mins
Selected
What a shame
What a shame
Example sentence:
What a shame
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
1 min
what a disgrace
.
+2
3 mins
Oh, What a Shame!
ترجمة مباشرة
+1
3 mins
what an outrage!
This is outrageous!
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Khalid W
: I agree -- although عار by itself is roughly 'shame', يا للعار is stronger than "oh, what a shame", which doesn't really assign any blame in English.
16 hrs
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Many thanks Khalid :)
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6 mins
What a pity!
What a pity!
1 day 4 hrs
Arabic
What a shame
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