English → Arabic
supposed in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- muftaṛaḍ
- Arabizi
muftarad- Type
- adjective
- Root
- ف ر ض
How to use it
"Supposed" translates to "مُفْتَرَض" and expresses something expected or assumed. It is used as an adjective and does not change with gender in Arabic.
Example sentences
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هَذَا مَكْتُوبٌ مُفْتَرَضٌ.
hādhā maktūbun muftaṛaḍun.
This is a supposed document.
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يُفْتَرَضُ أَنْ تَحْضُرَ.
yuftaṛaḍu an taḥḍura.
You are supposed to attend.
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المَسْؤُولِيَّةُ مُفْتَرَضَةٌ.
al-masʾūliyya muftaṛaḍa.
The responsibility is supposed.
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.
You're supposed to be asleep!
من المفترض أن تكون نائماً.
What am I supposed to do now?
چکار قراره بکنم من الان؟
Sami is supposed to be in class.
من المفروض أن يكون سامي في القسم.
Tom was supposed to meet me here.
كان مفترضا أن يقابلني توم هنا.
You are not supposed to smoke here.
ليس من المفترض بك أن تدخن هنا.
You were supposed to tell Tom that.
كان عليك إخبار توم بذلك.
Sami was not supposed to use alcohol.
لم يكن ينبغي على سامي تناول الكحول.
You're supposed to learn this stuff how?
من المفترض أن تعلم هذه الأشياء كيف؟
And here's how it's supposed to be used.
وهنا كيف يفترض استخدامه.
That's not how it's supposed to work. Right?
لكنها لا ينبغي أن تعمل هكذا، أليس كذلك؟
Video: Man: Shreddies is supposed to be square.
فيديو: صوت هدير الرجل في الفيديو: " شريديس " يجب أن تكون مربعة الشكل
“Colleges” of regulators, the supposed solution, are inadequate.
والواقع أن "مجالس" الهيئات التنظيمية عاجزة رغم أنها كان من المفترض أن تقدم الحل.
Questions and answers
Can "supposed" be used as a verb?
No, Arabic uses "يُفْتَرَض" as a verb form for the meaning "to suppose".
Is there a colloquial alternative?
In spoken Arabic people often say "مفروض" (mafrouḍ) meaning "should".
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