English → Arabic
pretty in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- jamīla
- Arabizi
jameela- Type
- adjective · feminine
Other meanings
- جِدًّا jiddan — pretty · fairly; quite
How to use it
In Arabic, the word 'jamīla' (جميلة) is primarily used as an adjective meaning 'beautiful' or 'pretty'. It's a feminine form. The masculine form is 'jamīl' (جميل). When used as an adverb meaning 'quite' or 'fairly', it often translates to 'jiddan' (جدا) or 'li-l-ġāyah' (للغاية).
Example sentences
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هذه زهرة جميلة جدًا.
hāḏihi zahra jamīla jiddan.
This is a very pretty flower.
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كان الطقس جميلًا اليوم.
kāna al-ṭaqsu jamīlan al-yawm.
The weather was pretty today.
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هذه الفتاة جميلة.
hāḏihi al-fتاة jamīla.
This girl is pretty.
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.
MA: Pretty big.
مادلين آولبريت: كبيرة جداً
I'm pretty tall.
أنا طويل جدا.
Well, pretty bad.
حسنا، سيئا جدا.
He's pretty tall.
هو طويل جدّا.
Pretty even split.
تعادل واضح في النتائج.
It's pretty weird.
الأمر غريب.
That's pretty good.
هذا رائع.
Such pretty flowers!
يا لها من أزهار جميلة!
That's pretty normal.
هذا طبيعي نوعا ما.
That's pretty ambiguous.
ضحك ذلك غامض لحد كبير.
All right. This is pretty good; this is pretty good.
حسنا، هذا جيد جدا، جيد جدا.
It's pretty. It's not bad. It's a huge trademark violation, but it's pretty clever.
اسم جميل. ليس سيئ. انتهاك عظيم للعلامة التجارية. لكنها تسمية ذكية.
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