doggie bag

Arabic translation: كيس

20:11 Jan 26, 2009
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: doggie bag
what does this idom mean and what is the possible equivalent for it in arabic pls
Shadia Ahmad
Local time: 07:48
Arabic translation:كيس
Explanation:
ببساطة كيس
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Mohamed Ghazal
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 10:48
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3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +4كيس او علبة لبقايا الطعام الصالحة للاكل
asd_trans
4 +2بقايا الطعام
Ahmad Abdul-hafeeZ
4 +1كيس
Mohamed Ghazal
4كيس صغير لوضع ما فضل من الطعام بعد وجبة في مطعم ما
Tarik Boussetta


Discussion entries: 2





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
بقايا الطعام


Explanation:
ما يبقى دون أن يؤكل
أو
الطعام الذي لم يستطع أن يأكله شخص وهو يتناول طعامه في مطعم ما


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Note added at 13 mins (2009-01-26 20:24:14 GMT)
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a bag for food that a customer did not eat at a restaurant; the transparent pretense is that the food is taken home to feed the customer's dog
If you ask for a doggie bag in a restaurant, you ask for any food you have not eaten to be put into a bag for you to take home.


Ahmad Abdul-hafeeZ
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 09:48
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks ahmad, but as a noun what would be the near equivalence?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  asd_trans
5 mins
  -> Thanks

agree  Steve Booth
1 day 11 hrs
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
كيس او علبة لبقايا الطعام الصالحة للاكل


Explanation:
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asd_trans
Egypt
Local time: 08:48
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Ayyub
41 mins
  -> thx saleh

agree  zax: كيس بقايا
15 hrs
  -> thx zax

agree  kifahl
15 hrs
  -> thx kifah very much

agree  Steve Booth
1 day 11 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
كيس صغير لوضع ما فضل من الطعام بعد وجبة في مطعم ما


Explanation:
كيس صغير لوضع ما فضل من الطعام بعد وجبة في مطعم ما

Tarik Boussetta
Local time: 07:48
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
كيس


Explanation:
ببساطة كيس

Mohamed Ghazal
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 10:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  zkt
5 hrs
  -> Thanks
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