Bye Bye

13:08 Jul 8, 2006
English to Hebrew translations [Non-PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / greeting
English term or phrase: Bye Bye
Greeting/parting Term
Loliana


Summary of answers provided
5 +1leh-hitrah'ot
Eynati
5 -1להתראות / ביי / ביי ביי
Daniel Ganor


  

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46 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
bye bye
להתראות / ביי / ביי ביי


Explanation:
להתראות = see you later
ביי = bye (the same word English is also used colloquially)
ביי ביי = bye bye


Daniel Ganor
Israel
Local time: 16:13
Works in field
Native speaker of: Hebrew
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Eynati: Bye (bye) is pretentious, and not Hebrew. It's used by those who think it makes them appear clever and cosmopolitan. so it's widespread pretentiousness ... but still not Hebrew.
6 hrs
  -> Bye (bye) is extremely widespread in informal Hebrew, as in many other languages, and I wouldn't consider it pretentious at all.

neutral  Suzan Chin: Bye bye is simply not Hebrew.
14 hrs
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
bye bye
leh-hitrah'ot


Explanation:
leh-hitrah'OT (stress on 'ot', short vowels throughout).

להתראות

It translates roughly as 'to see each other again'.

Eynati
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Suzan Chin
4 hrs
  -> Thanks :-)
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