English → Arabic
candy in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- ḥalwā
- Arabizi
7alwa- Type
- noun · feminine
- Plural
- حَلْوَى ḥalawā
- Root
- ح ل و
How to use it
حَلْوَى (ḥalwā) is a feminine noun meaning any sweet treat, from small chocolates to gummy bears. It is uncountable in everyday speech, but the same form also serves as the plural.
Example sentences
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أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَأْكُلَ حَلْوَى بَعْدَ العَصْرِ.
aḥbabtu an ʾaʾkula ḥalwā baʿda al-ʿaṣri.
I liked to eat candy after school.
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قَدَّمَتْ أُمِّي حَلْوَى لِأَصْدِقَائِي.
qaddamat ummī ḥalwā li-aṣdiqāʾī.
My mother offered candy to my friends.
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يَجِبُ أَنْ نَتَحَذَّرَ مِنْ إِسْتِهْلَاكِ كَثِيرٍ لِلحَلْوَى.
yajibu ʾan nataḥaḏḏara min istihlāki kathīrin lil-ḥalwā.
We should beware of eating too much candy.
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.
candy by Yomi955
صورة حلوى بواسطة Yomi955
Don't touch the candy.
لا تلمس الحلوى
Sami spent his bus money on candy.
أنفق سامي النّقود التي كان ينبغي أن يركب بها الحافلة في شراء الحلوى.
This shop has more candy than that shop.
يوجد في هذا المتجر حلوى أكثر من المتجر الآخر.
I had never in my life ever tasted candy.
لم أذوق طعم الحلوى في حياتي
This is actually like a cotton candy machine.
هذه في الواقع آلة صنع غزل البنات.
I heard a cotton candy shop has just opened. Let's go, dudes.
سمعتُ أن متجر حلوى قطن قد فتح للتو. لنذهب، يا أصحاب.
Another producer of the same candy has also renamed its product.
أعاد منتِج آخر تسمية منتجه.
The candy Pez was invented in Austria, as well as Mannerschnitten.
اخترع الحلوى باييس في النمسا، فضلا عن Mannerschnitten.
By the 1970s, the company had become the largest candy retailer in Canada.
وفي السبعينيات من القرن الثامن عشر، أصبحت هذه الشركة أكبر بائع بالتجزئة في كندا.
Candy is an Italian company based in Brugherio, near Milan, which manufactures domestic appliances.
كاندي هي شركة مقرها في بروغيريو الإيطالية بالقرب من ميلانو وتصنع الأجهزة المنزلية.
You bring in a second group of people, and you say, "Oh, before we start, I got this box of candy, and I don't eat candy.
أحضر مجموعة أخرى من الناس وقل لهم: "أوه، قبل أن نبدأ، لدي هنا صندوق من الحلوى وأن لا آكلها
Questions and answers
Is حَلْوَى countable?
In casual speech it is treated as uncountable, but you can say حَلْوَةٌ for one piece.
Does it include all sweets?
Generally yes, though specific sweets have their own names (مثلاً: شوكولاتة, عَصير).
Related words and expressions
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