besa / beda

English translation: sweetie!

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Arabic term or phrase:beda
English translation:sweetie!
Entered by: Arabic & More

09:41 Apr 22, 2015
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Arabic term or phrase: besa / beda
A girl says this to a guy during a text chat, and I thought she might be imitating a line from a film or something. Before this they were talking about buying gifts. The girl picks out gifts for her friends but her mother pays...with the guy it is the opposite. His mother picks out the gifts and he pays. She then tells him

Yo3"ty enty el bttfa3y ya besa

Then she says Beda (perhaps correcting herself).
Arabic & More
Jordan
sweetie!
Explanation:
sweetie!

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Note added at 9 mins (2015-04-22 09:51:49 GMT)
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It seems that the girl is using an adoring and cute mushy pet name to call her guy. I think she means 'beda' (an egg in English), which means, in some contexts, a term of endearment.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sweetie
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Muhammad Said
Egypt
Local time: 22:02
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Thanks a lot for your help!
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sweetie!


Explanation:
sweetie!

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Note added at 9 mins (2015-04-22 09:51:49 GMT)
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It seems that the girl is using an adoring and cute mushy pet name to call her guy. I think she means 'beda' (an egg in English), which means, in some contexts, a term of endearment.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sweetie

Muhammad Said
Egypt
Local time: 22:02
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 92
Grading comment
Thanks a lot for your help!

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agree  Saad Ahmed: Well said
2 hrs
  -> Thank you so much.
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