English → Arabic
spotted in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- raʾā
- Arabizi
ra2a- Type
- verb · masculine
- Root
- ر أ ي
Other meanings
- اِكْتَشَفَ iktashafa — spotted
- مُنَقَّط munaqqaṭ — spotted
How to use it
The English word 'spotted' has multiple meanings. As a verb, it means to see or notice something, often something difficult to see. As an adjective, it means having spots or being patterned with spots.
Example sentences
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لَمْ أَتَمَكَّنْ مِنْ رُؤْيَةِ الشَّخْصِ المَطْلُوبِ.
lam atamakkan min ruʾyati ash-shakhṣi al-maṭlūbi.
I couldn't spot the wanted person.
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اِكْتَشَفَ المُحَقِّقُ دَلِيلًا جَدِيدًا فِي المَسْرَحِ.
iktashafa al-muḥaqqiqu dalīlan jadīdan fī al-masraḥi.
The detective spotted a new clue at the scene.
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لَبِسَتِ الفَتَاةُ فُسْتَانًا مُنَقَّطًا بِاللَّوْنِ الأَبْيَضِ.
labisat al-fatātu fustānan munaqqaṭan bi-l-lawni al-ʾabyaḍi.
The girl wore a white spotted dress.
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.
Sami spotted a house.
لمح سامي منزلا.
Police spotted Fadil's car near the border.
رصدت الشّرطة سيّارة فاضل بالقرب من الحدود.
Sami was spotted in a suspicious van near Cairo.
شوهِدَت ليلى في عربة مشبوهة بالقرب من القاهرة.
If this is a bug, it is now more likely to be spotted.
إذا كان هذا فيروسا، سيكون من الممكن بصورة تحديده بشكل أكبر.
Layla's car was last spotted in the neighborhood a day before Sami's murder.
لوحِظت سيّارة ليلى لآخر مرّة في الحيّ يوما قبل مقتل سامي.
The rhino was spotted near Hetauda hospital, and went viral on social media.
وتم نشر صور وحيد القرن قرب مستشفى هيتاودا على وسائل الإعلام الاجتماعية.
Flickr user y.ganden spotted a Japanese Bush Warbler in the blooming sakura trees.
مستخدم فليكر y. ganden التقط صورة لطائر الدخلة الياباني بين أزهار الكرز المتفتحة.
Mainland Chinese netizens spotted the difference when reading the Tainan progress report.
وقد وجد مستعملو الإنترنت الصينيون هذا الفارق عند قراءة تقرير تاينان.
One species of "Rickettsia" causes typhus, while another causes Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
أحد أنواع هذي البكتيريا يسبب مرض التيفوس بينما أخرى يسبب مرض Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
The flocks conceived before the rods, and the flocks produced streaked, speckled, and spotted.
فتوحّمت الغنم عند القضبان وولدت الغنم مخطّطات ورقطا وبلقا.
And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted.
فتوحّمت الغنم عند القضبان وولدت الغنم مخطّطات ورقطا وبلقا.
I will pass through all your flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted one, and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats. This will be my hire.
اجتاز بين غنمك كلها اليوم. وأعزل انت منها كل شاة رقطاء وبلقاء وكل شاة سوداء بين الخرفان وبلقاء ورقطاء بين المعزى. فيكون مثل ذلك اجرتي
Questions and answers
What is the most common Arabic translation for 'to spot' someone?
The most common translations are رأى (ra'a) or اكتشف (iktashafa), depending on the context of seeing or discovering.
How do you say 'spotted pattern' in Arabic?
You would use the adjective منقط (munaqqat), which means 'dotted' or 'spotted'.
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