Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
مرفه عن النفس
English translation:
entertaining
Added to glossary by
Saleh Ayyub
May 12, 2006 09:58
18 yrs ago
Arabic term
مرفه عن النفس
Arabic to English
Marketing
Advertising / Public Relations
market research
مرفه عن النفس/معالج
Sorry, no further context. In document written in "UAE dialect".
Sorry, no further context. In document written in "UAE dialect".
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Saleh Ayyub
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in Arabic
&
English
Specializes in field
New Zealand
قاضي صلح و مترجم ومستشار - صالح أيوب
Native in: Arabic 
, English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic
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entertaining
Saleh
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or self entertaining
All the best,
Saleh
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or self entertaining
All the best,
Saleh
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Zeinab Asfour
Jordan
Jordan
Native in Arabic
&
English
Works in field
Jordan
Dead On Dealines....
Native in: English , Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic
to amuse oneself or amusement
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to amuse oneself : يرفه عن نفسه
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to amuse oneself : يرفه عن نفسه
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Jihad Saffouri
Jordan
Jordan
Native in Arabic
Specializes in field
Jordan
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Jordanian)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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8
have leisure
FITS MEANING
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Yasser El Helw
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
&
English
Egypt
NATIVE SPEAKER OF MEDICINE
Native in: Arabic , English
Works in: Arabic to English, English to Arabic, Spanish to English, and 1 more.
Entertainer/therapist
The word "Therapist" suggests that its somebody whose job is to entertain. A sort of buffoon-slash-therapist :-) !!?!!
Good-luck
Good-luck
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John Colangelo
United States
United States
Native in English
United States
Arabic/Spanish >English
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: Arabic to English, Spanish to English
to distract oneself from problems, to relax
Hi Michael. Of course, I recognized the classical أصل of the expression. However, I called an Emirati friend to make sure and he stressed the idea of تخفيف النفس عن الهموم like when you go for a walk or have a capuchino and sheesha with friends.
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Another typical English expression would to take a break ...
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Another typical English expression would to take a break ...
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soothing
zax
3 days 2 hrs
uplifting, refreshing
since you associated it with "معالج", my mind drifts away from "amusing" and "entertaining". both "uplifting" and "refreshing" suggests a state of low spirit or depression that needs to be emotionally or psychologically treated.
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