English → Arabic
convert in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- ḥawwala
- Arabizi
7awwala- Type
- verb
- Root
- ح و ل
How to use it
“Convert” is used when something is changed from one form, use, or state to another. In Arabic the verb حَوَّلَ (ḥawwala) is transitive, so it needs a direct object.
Example sentences
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حَوَّلَ الطَّالِبُ النَّصَّ إِلَى صِيغَةٍ مَسْتَخْدَمَةٍ.
ḥawwala a-ṭ-ṭālibu an-naṣṣa ilā ṣīghatin mustakhdamatin.
The student converted the text into a usable format.
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سَيُحَوِّلُ المَكْتَبُ القَارِئَ إِلَى صِيغَةِ PDF.
sayuḥawwilu al-maktabu al-qāriʾa ilā ṣīghati PDF.
The office will convert the reader to a PDF format.
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يُحَوِّلُ المَسْتَخْدِمُ الوَثِيقَةَ إِلَى وَرْدَةِ إِلِكْتُرُونِيَّةٍ.
yuḥawwilu al-mustaʿdimu al-wathīqata ilā warda iliktirūniyyatin.
The user converts the document into an electronic file.
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.
Convert To
حول إلىName
Convert to uppercase
انقل إلى المهملات
Convert to lowercase
انقل إلى المهملات
Couldn't convert image
تعذّر تحويل الصورة
Convert to Black & & White
حوّل إلى أسود أبيض
When did Fadil convert to Islam?
متى اعتنق فاضل الإسلام؟
and convert it to humanitarian good.
وتحويلها إلى خير الإنسانية.
Sami doesn't want to convert to Islam.
لا يريد سامي اعتناق الإسلام.
Sami invited Layla to convert to Islam.
دعى سامي ليلى كي تعتنق الإسلام.
Sami convinced Layla to convert to Islam.
أقنع سامي ليلى كي تعتنق الإسلام.
Sami invited Layla again to convert to Islam.
دعى سامي ليلى مرّة أخرى لاعتناق الإسلام.
Whether to convert smileys into graphical images in conversations.
فيما إذا يحول الابتسامات إلى صور معبّرة.
Questions and answers
Can “convert” be used for people?
Yes, you can say حَوَّلَ شخصاً إلى ديانةٍ أخرى meaning “to convert a person to another religion.”
Is there a noun for “conversion”?
The noun is تَحْوِيل (taḥwīl) meaning “the act of converting.”
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