English → Arabic
bullshit in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- harāʾ
- Arabizi
hara2- Type
- noun · masculine
- Plural
- هَرَاءاتٌ harāʾātun
- Root
- ه ر أ
How to use it
هَرَاء is a strong word meaning nonsense or false statements. It is informal and can be harsh, so use it with caution in polite conversation.
Example sentences
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هذا الكلامُ هَرَاءٌ بَسَطٌ.
hādhā al-kalamu harāʾun basṭun.
This talk is pure bullshit.
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تَجَنَّبْ هَرَاءَ الأَصْدِقَاءِ.
tajannab harāʾa al-aṣdiqāʾi.
Avoid your friends' bullshit.
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هَرَاءٌ لا يُصَدَّقُ.
harāʾun lā yuṣaddaqu.
Unbelievable bullshit.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
TR: Bullshit. You like the surprises you want.
تونى روبينز: كلام فارغ. أنتم تحبون المفاجآت التى تريدونها
But we all know that that's bullshit at times.
لكننا جميعاً نعرف أن ذلك هراء في بعض الأوقات
We use them metaphorically -- the DNA of a company, the metabolism of a city, and so on -- is that just bullshit, metaphorical bullshit, or is there serious substance to it?
نحن نستخدم التعابير " التشبيهية " بصورة عامة مثل الحمض النووي لشركة ما.. او استقلاب مدينة.. او نحو هذا ولكن هل هذا هراء.. تشبيه واه أم يوجد حقاً تواكب ملائم للحالة؟
Dialog kept on going, with mental maps of words, and pretty soon it was becoming obvious that instead of being dazzled with brilliance, I was seriously being baffled with bullshit.
و لكن الحوارات استمرت, مع خرائط عقلية للكلمات, و عاجلاً أصبحت العملية بدل أن تكون مليئة بالإبداع, لقد أصابوني حقيقة بحيرة مليئة بالهراء.
Questions and answers
Is هَرَاء appropriate in formal writing?
Generally avoid it in formal texts; choose كلام غير صحيح instead.
Can it be used as a verb?
The verb form is هَرَأَ (harāʾa), but it is rarely used.
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