English → Arabic
meal in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- wajba
- Arabizi
wajba- Type
- noun · feminine
- Plural
- وَجَبَاتٌ wajabāt
- Root
- و ج ب
How to use it
“Meal” refers to any regular portion of food, such as breakfast, lunch or dinner. In Arabic the word is "وَجْبَةٌ" (feminine). Use it for a single serving, not for the whole menu.
Example sentences
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أَكَلْتُ وَجْبَةً لَذِيذَةً.
akaltu wajbatan lazīdhatan.
I ate a delicious meal.
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نَحْنُ نَتَنَاوَلُ وَجْبَةَ الْغَدَاءِ.
naḥnu natanaawalu wajbata al‑ghadāʾi.
We are having lunch.
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سَيُقَدِّمُ الطَبَّاخُ وَجْبَةً جَدِيدَةً.
sayaqaddimu wajbatan jadīdatan.
The chef will serve a new meal.
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.
Enjoy your meal!
بالصحة و العافية!
Take two capsules after a meal.
خذ حبتين بعد الأكل.
She cooked us a wonderful meal.
أعدت لنا وجبة رائعة.
She cooked herself a good meal.
أعدت لنفسها طعاماً شهياً.
After ordering his meal, he jokes:
يقول أنس على تويتر ممازحاً بعد أن طلب وجبته:
Ali attended an Iftar meal hosted by Sami.
حضر علي إفطارا في منزل سامي.
Every meal is accompanied by numerous banchan.
ويرافق كل وجبة من قبل banchan عديدة.
It can be consumed at leisure throughout the meal.
ويمكن شربه في أوقات الفراغ اثناء الوجبة.
The barium meal is a modern derivative of this research.
وجبة الباريوم هو مشتق الحديثة لهذا البحث.
The children also receive a noontime meal in the school cafeteria.
كما يتلقى الأطفال وجبة الظهيرة في كافيتريا المدرسة.
The priest shall take the meal offering of jealousy out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the meal offering before Yahweh, and bring it to the altar.
ويأخذ الكاهن من يد المرأة تقدمة الغيرة ويردد التقدمة امام الرب ويقدمها الى المذبح.
On Instagram, many question whether his post was for real and Hamra confirms that he has indeed ordered a family size KFC meal. His assessment of the meal?
على انستجرام تورادت الأسئلة عليه عما إذا كان ما نشره صحيحاً أم لا ويؤكد أنس على أنه طلب وجبة عائلية من كنتاكي وما تقييمه للوجبة؟
Questions and answers
Can I use "meal" for a snack?
Yes, a small snack can be called "a meal" in informal speech, but "snack" is more precise.
What is the plural of "meal"?
The plural is "meals" or in Arabic "وَجَبَاتٌ".
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