garbage in Arabic: قمامة (qumāmah) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

Other meanings

نُفَايَات nufāyāt — garbage · waste
زُبَالَة zubālah — garbage · trash

How to use it

'Qumāmah' (قمامة) is the most common word for garbage or refuse. 'Nufāyāt' (نفايات) is often used for waste, especially industrial or household waste. 'Zubālah' (زبالة) is a more colloquial term for trash.

Example sentences

ضَعِ القُمَامَةَ فِي الصُّنْدُوقِ.

ḍaʿi al-qumāmata fī al-ṣundūqi.

Put the garbage in the bin.
تُعْتَبَرُ النُّفَايَاتُ الإِلِكْتُرُونِيَّةُ مَشْكَلَةً.

tuʿtabaru al-nufāyātu al-ʾiliktrūniyyatu mashkilatan.

Electronic waste is a problem.
تَجَمَّعَتِ الزُّبَالَةُ فِي الشَّوَارِعِ.

tajammaʿati al-zubālatu fī al-shawāriʿi.

The trash piled up in the streets.

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.

I'm a garbage man.

أنا رجل نفايات

Fadil's body was in the garbage.

كانت جثة فاضل مرمية في القمامة.

Layla's phone was in the garbage.

كان هاتف ليلى في النّفايات.

I was going to be The Garbage Man.

كنت سأكون رجل القمامة.

Sami threw the pills in the garbage.

رمى سامي الأقراص في القمامة.

We threw everything with the garbage.

كله رمينا عالزبالة والاواعي رميناها عالزبالة

Don't forget to take out the garbage.

لا تنس إخراج القمامة.

The garbage-can gave off a bad smell.

أطلق صندوق القمامة رائحةً كريهة.

Syrian-Palestinian eating from the garbage.

شاب سوري-فلسطيني يأكل من القمامة.

Our garbage is collected three times a week.

تُجمع القمامة ثلاثة مرات في الأسبوع.

DCF is merely a mechanical valuation tool, which makes it subject to the principle "garbage in, garbage out".

DCF هو مجرد أداة ميكانيكية التقييم، مما يجعل من موضوع بمبدأ "إلى القمامة، من (خارج) القمامة ".

While all computer analysis is subject to the "GIGO" (garbage in, garbage out) restriction, this is especially true of digital simulation.

في حين أن كل تحليل الكمبيوتر يخضع ل"GIGO" (القمامة في، القمامة خارج) التقييد، وهذا هو ينطبق بشكل خاص على المحاكاة الرقمية.

Questions and answers

What is the most common word for garbage?

The most common word is 'qumāmah' (قمامة).

Is there a difference between 'qumāmah' and 'nufāyāt'?

'Qumāmah' refers to general garbage. 'Nufāyāt' is often used for waste, like industrial waste or recycling.