Egyptian Arabic→English

Translate Egyptian Arabic to English the way locals mean it.

Egyptian Arabic speakers soften, intensify, and sometimes reverse the apparent force of everyday words in ways a textbook reader can easily misread.

Going the other way? English to Egyptian Arabic

474 local dialects

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What locals actually say

خلاص بقى، سيبني في حالي.

Okay, enough. Leave me alone.

خلاص can mean “enough” or “that’s it,” while بقى adds impatience and signals that the speaker wants the exchange to stop.

معلش، اتأخرت عليك أوي.

Sorry I kept you waiting so long.

معلش softens an apology or request, and أوي means “very” or “so much,” not merely “a lot” in a formal sense.

ماشي، نشوف بقى.

Sure, we’ll see.

ماشي literally means “going” but commonly means “okay,” while بقى can make the reply sound skeptical, noncommittal, or slightly dismissive.

معاك فكة صغيرة؟

Do you have any small change?

فكة means loose change in Egyptian Arabic and is the everyday word used when asking someone to break a bill.

أروح محطة المترو إزاي من هنا؟

How do I get to the metro station from here?

إزاي is the Egyptian colloquial word for “how,” marking a spoken Masri question rather than formal Arabic.

حطّلي شطة زيادة، والنبي.

Could you add extra chili to mine, please?

والنبي is a distinctly Egyptian request softener, literally invoking the Prophet to make the request sound warmer and more persuasive.

ماما لسه عند خالتك ولا رجعت؟

Is Mom still at your aunt’s, or is she back?

لسه is the common Egyptian colloquial adverb for “still” or “yet,” especially in family conversation.

المدير عايز التقرير ده قبل الضهر، فخلّينا نخلّصه.

The boss wants this report before noon, so let’s get it finished.

عايز is the Egyptian everyday form of “wants,” while خلّينا is the colloquial “let’s,” giving the sentence a natural workplace speech rhythm.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Egyptian Arabic differs

Egyptian Arabic (Masri) for conversational registers — izzayyak, khalas, ma'lesh, kida, awi for very; g for ج. Keep MSA structure only for clearly formal documents; otherwise write the way Cairo actually texts and talks.

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