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اتفلق

English translation: Tough!


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14:28 May 15, 2011
Arabic to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Arabic term or phrase: اتفلق
أرجو مساعدتي في ترجمة هذه الكلمة، هي كلمة مصرية عامية تقال عند الشجار كنوع من الإهانة
أبحث عن أفضل وأقرب ترجمة لها بالإنجليزية
ولكم جميعا جزيل الشكر
Taghreed Mahmoud
Egypt
Local time: 12:08
English translation:Tough!
Explanation:
Short for, "if you don't like it, tough luck!"
Selected response from:

Mohamed Ghazal
Local time: 20:08
Grading comment
Thanks so much ..
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1If you don't like it, lump it!
Muhammad Atallah
4 +2get lost / go to hell
Samaa Zeitoun
5Get fed up! / Deal with it!
Lamis Maalouf
4 +1Tough!
Mohamed Ghazal
4 -1suit yourself
Heba Salah
3I don't care
Hani Hassaan


Discussion entries: 13





  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
I don't care


Explanation:
I don't care

Hani Hassaan
Egypt
Local time: 12:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 20
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
get lost / go to hell


Explanation:
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Samaa Zeitoun
Local time: 12:08
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Lamis Maalouf: Samaa, I agree with your first suggestion only. I love your name :)
5 hrs

agree  dimamarcel: I on the other hand agree with both suggestions :)
8 hrs
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
suit yourself


Explanation:
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Heba Salah
Egypt
Local time: 12:08
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Muhammad Atallah: "Suit yourself" means 'have it your way or do what you want to do'. (In Arabic, افعل ماشئت) While اتفلق means 'you have to put up with it even if you don't like it'.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
If you don't like it, lump it!


Explanation:
كلمة "اتفلق" كلمة مصرية عامية تعني: "أردت أم لم ترد فلا بد لك من تحمل هذا وقبوله"ـ

Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 12:08
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  shabul: also: like it or lump it
4 days
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Get fed up! / Deal with it!


Explanation:
Couple of suggestions of idioms that are used.
http://9gag.com/gag/107788/
http://www.consciousme.com/self/goals/get-fed-up-achieve-goa...
http://www.urlesque.com/2010/06/25/deal-with-it-9-new-gifs-f...

Lamis Maalouf
Local time: 05:08
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 20
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1 day12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Tough!


Explanation:
Short for, "if you don't like it, tough luck!"

Mohamed Ghazal
Local time: 20:08
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 24
Grading comment
Thanks so much ..

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  shabul: also: tough luck. It also means طظ, another colloquial expression.
2 days20 hrs
  -> Thanks, shabul. I also believe Toz comes from Turkish, means salt ;-)
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