| Meaning | Direct Translation | Transliteration | Hebrew |
|---|---|---|---|
| What’s up? | What is happening? | Ma kore? | ?מה קורה |
| What’s up? | What is the situation? | Ma ha matzav? | ?מה המצב |
| Bye | Yalla, bye | יאללה, ביי | |
| Cool! / Great / OK | Sababa | סבבה | |
| Fantastic! / It’s a waste of time! | Shame on the time | Chaval al hazman | חבל על הזמן |
| I’d love to | With fun | Be kef | בכיף |
| Copy that / done | Closed | Sagur | סגור |
| Terrible / Aweful | On the face | Al HaPanim | על הפנים |
| Great | Arabic word meaning great | Achla | אחלה |
| Mess / Problems / complicated situation | Disorder | Balagan | בלאגן |
| Snack | Nishnush | נשנוש | |
| Cheers! | To life | L'chaim! | לחיים |
| Face | פייס | ||
| Kef means fun and Retzach means, murder | Very fun | Kef retzach | כיף רצח |
| Let's go! Let's do it! | Arabic word for get going, move on | Yalla | יאללה |
| Come on / You got carried away | Come | Boh | בוא |
| Used as dude/bro | My brother | Achi | אחי |
| To describe something that is excellent / great / awesome | Fire | Esh | אש |
| Sure thing / no problem | Checked | Baduk | בדוק |
| To describe something that is unbearable / annoying | Not / Non | Bilti | בלתי |
| Uncontrollable craving for something | An uncontrollable craving | Duda | דודא |
| Straight forward | Straight forward | Duch | דוך |
| Very high class | Very high class | Jonglare | ג'ונגלר |
| Stupid / Dumb | Stupid / Dumb | Dbah | דבע |
| Agreeing / going with the flow | Flowing | Zorem | זורם |
| Someone who has a lot of money | Someone who has a lot of money | Tachun | טחון |
| Meaning | Meaning | Ya'ani | יעני |
| It's possible / there's a chance | There is a situation | Yesh Matzav | יש מצב |
| Ace (used to describe someone who is increadible in something he did - nailed it!) | Ace (used to describe someone who is increadible in something he did - nailed it!) | Totach | תותח |
| Amazing! | Amazing! | Katlani | קטלני |
| Straight to the point | In reality, bottom line | Tachles | תכלס |
| Someone who is disconnected from reality, living in a fantasy world | Living in a movie | Chai B'Seret | חי בסרט |
| to describe something that is total noncence | Nonsense in juice | Shtuyot Bamitz | שטויות במיץ |
| Do things one at a time / step by step | Cow Cow | Para Para | פרה פרה |
| Just kidding / no specific reason / just 'cuz | Nothing / Purposelessly | Stam | סתם |
| When something suits just right / to feel like it | Comes to me good | Ba li tov | בא לי טוב |
| Good Job! / well done! / way to go | All the respect | Kol hakavod! | !כל הכבוד |
| No way / impossible / not a chance | There is no situation | Ein Matzav | אין מצב |
| No way! / what are you talking about? | What suddenly | Ma Pit'om | מה פתאום |
| Finally | End End | Sof Sof | סוף סוף |
| Stubborn, tough | Kashuach | קשוח | |
| Long story short | Shortening | Kitzur | קיצור |
| YAY | There is | Yesh | !יש |
| Exhausted / hopeless / worn out | Finished / completed | Gamur | גמור |
| Doing something quietly or secretly | Be’shu’shu | בשושו | |
| A time of relaxation | Stomach, back | Beten gav | בטן גב |
| To describe an event/series of events that are unbelievable - in a bad way | What a movie | Eizeh seret | איזה סרט |
| An Arabic word meaning an embarrassing failure, carelesss mistake | Fadicha | פדיחה | |
| Everything is perfect | It’s all honey | HaKol Dvash | הכל דבש |
| Craziness, uncontrolled behavior | An Arabic word meaning aggravating, annoying or irritating | Janana | ג’ננה |
| Filth, dirt, scum, filthy, dirty | Grime or gunge | Jiffa | ג'יפה |
| What’s the score? | How much, how much? | Kama kama? | ?כמה כמה |
| Used as slang for stating the obvious | Like, duh! | Ke’ilu da | כאילו דה |
| Shady business plan / manipulation / working the system to your advantage | Short for combination | Kombina | קומבינה |
| Cool! | Magniv | מגניב | |
| Used when you meet someone a few times within a short time | Third time, ice-cream! | Pa’am Shlishit, Glida | פעם שלישית, גלידה |
| Great / fantastic / awesome | The end of the road | Sof Haderech | סוף הדרך |
| Used to describe a place in the middle of nowhere | The end of the world, on the left | Sof ha’olam smola | סוף העולם שמאלה |
| Sponge or Sponging | Sponja | ספונג’ה | |
| To describe something that is just right / meant to be | This is it! | Zeh zeh | !זה זה |
| Used in different ways with different meanings, depending on the pronunciation, it could mean: really(?) (!)/ I see / You don't say! | Arabic word meaning seriously! I swear! | Walla | וואלה |
L'argot Hébreu en Israël
Photo by Inbar Grosglik