انصفاق

English translation: Slam(the door's slamming)

14:02 Mar 9, 2021
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: انصفاق
I'm working on a Yemeni text, where a mother is recalling how her daughter died in a bomb blast. She is narrating the events of the day and says the following:

رجّة انصفاق باب البلكونة هي ما أوقظني من شرودي ، ثم بدأ الدخان يملأء الغرفة

Does it mean the sound/jolt of the balcony door splitting into two is what brought her back to reality? I'm finding different meanings for the word انصفاق

Thank you!
Saliha18
Local time: 11:39
English translation:Slam(the door's slamming)
Explanation:
في هذه الحالة يكون انغلاق الصمام عاصفاً (وتدعى هذه الحادثة بانصفاق الصمام Valve Slam)
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...
A loud bang caused by the forceful shutting of something such as a door.

"the door closed with a slam"

https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-sam...
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Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 11:39
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4Slam(the door's slamming)
Yassine El Bouknify
4 +4slamming
Hassan Achahbar
3 +2violent slam/bang
Saeed Najmi
5Flop
ahmed badawy


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
Slam(the door's slamming)


Explanation:
في هذه الحالة يكون انغلاق الصمام عاصفاً (وتدعى هذه الحادثة بانصفاق الصمام Valve Slam)
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/...
A loud bang caused by the forceful shutting of something such as a door.

"the door closed with a slam"

https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-sam...


Yassine El Bouknify
Morocco
Local time: 11:39
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 181

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Hassan Achahbar
1 min
  -> Thank you

agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
51 mins
  -> Thank you

agree  Milena Atanasova
2 hrs
  -> Thank you

agree  Fuad Yahya
7 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
slamming


Explanation:
it's the sound of the door slamming shut, or open against a wall, because by the blast wave

Hassan Achahbar
Morocco
Local time: 11:39
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
50 mins
  -> شكرا جزيلا

agree  Milena Atanasova
2 hrs
  -> شكرا جزيلا

agree  Fuad Yahya
7 hrs
  -> شكرا جزيلا

agree  Z-Translations Translator
7 hrs
  -> Thanks a lot
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
violent slam/bang


Explanation:
صفقَ الشيءَ: ضربهُ ضرباً يسمع له صوتٌ
صَفَق البابَ: رَدَّهُ بعنف

Saeed Najmi
Morocco
Local time: 11:39
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 146

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
50 mins
  -> Thank you

agree  Milena Atanasova
2 hrs
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Flop


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://https://www.almaany.com/ar/dict/ar-en/%D8%B5%D9%88%D8...
ahmed badawy
Egypt
Local time: 13:39
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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