Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
رشيق
English translation:
graceful, svelte, shapely
Added to glossary by
Eyal Sherf
Jul 29, 2011 03:30
12 yrs ago
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Arabic term
رشيق
Homework / test
Arabic to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
an excerpt from a novel
أتنشق عنقك كوردة حارة ، وجسدك الرشيق يصرخ وانأ أتمنع عن اعتصاره
Is "graceful" best here?
Is "graceful" best here?
Proposed translations
(English)
4 | graceful, svelte, shapely | sktrans |
4 | agile | Mohsin Alabdali |
4 | slender | Traductrice |
Proposed translations
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graceful, svelte, shapely
graceful is nice in a poetic way, however, since the sentence is about longing and desire, and depending on the register you want to impart, the 2 other suggestion might work in this context; they are less tame than graceful.
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agile
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1 day 6 hrs
slender
رشيق: slender
He said اعتصاره so I thought "gracefully thin" : slender!
He said اعتصاره so I thought "gracefully thin" : slender!
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