later in Arabic: لاحقا (lāḥiqan) – meaning, pronunciation, examples

How to use it

Later translates to لَاحِقًا and is used to refer to a future time after the current moment. It can appear at the beginning or end of a sentence.

سَأَكْتُبُ إِلَيْكَ لاحِقًا.

saʾaktubu ilayka lāḥiqan.

I will write to you later.
نَلتَقِي لاحِقًا فِي المَكْتَبِ.

naltaqī lāḥiqan fī al‑maktabi.

We will meet later at the office.
سَأُجِيبُكَ لاحِقًا بَعْدَ الدَّرْسِ.

saʾujībuka lāḥiqan baʿda al‑darsi.

I will answer you later after the lesson.

Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.

See you later!

أراك في مابعد.

He later adds:

ويضيف قائلاً:

Well, see you later.

أراك لاحقاً.

I'll call you later.

سأتصل بك لاحقاً.

I'll join you later.

سأنضم إليك لاحقاً.

I'll explain this later.

سأشرح هذا لاحقا.

We'll discuss that later.

سنناقش هذا فيما بعد.

15 years later, 14 or 15 years later, follow-up study.

بعد 15 عام، 14 أو 15 عام لاحقا متابعة للدراسة

And he was like, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Later, later, later."

وكان لسان حاله يفول,"نعم,نعم,نعم,نعم فيما بعد,فيما بعد,فيما بعد."

Chairperson: Ms. Chanet later: Mr. Glele Ahanhanzo later: Ms. Chanet

ثم: السيد غليلي أهانهانزو

News later emerged that he lost his eye too, however Nora later tweets:

كان هناك الكثير من ردود الأفعال بعد الإعلان عن إصابته.

It was later revealed as a hoax and the story was retracted two days later.

تم الكشف لاحقا على القصة باعتبارها خدعة وتم سحبها بعد ذلك بيومين.

Can I use لَاحِقًا with a specific time?

Yes, e.g., لَاحِقًا في السَّاعةِ الثّانية.

Is there a colloquial alternative?

In many dialects people say بَعْد شُوَيّ.