WordReference English-Arabic Dictionary © 2025:
| ترجمات رئيسية |
| wait⇒ vi | (remain in expectation) | ينتظر |
| | The results haven't come out yet, I am still waiting. |
| | لم تصدر النتائج بعد، ما زلت أنتظر. |
| wait for [sb/sth] vi + prep | (await) | ينتظر شخصًا/شيئًا |
| | I'm waiting for someone special. |
| | أنا أنتظر شخصًا مميزًا. |
| wait for [sb/sth] to do [sth] vi + prep | (await [sth]) | ينتظر |
| | We are going to wait for the office to open. |
| | سننتظر حتى يفتح المكتب. |
| wait vi | (be available) | ينتظر |
| | There are taxis waiting at the corner. |
| | توجد سيارات تاكسي تنتظر عند الزاوية. |
| wait on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (serve food) | يخدم |
| | Get your own coffee; I'm not here to wait on you! |
| | اجلب قهوتك بنفسك، لستُ هنا لأخدمك! |
| wait n | (time spent waiting) | انتظار |
| | I don't mind the wait. |
| | لا مانع عندي من الانتظار. |
| wait n | (delay) | تأخير، انتظار |
| | We are in for a long wait. |
| | يبدو أننا سنضطر للانتظار طويلاً. |
| ترجمات إضافية |
| wait [sth] for [sb] vtr + prep | US, informal (postpone, delay) | يؤخر شيئًا لأجل شخص |
| | Please wait lunch for me; I'll be there in a moment. |
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wait around,
also UK: wait about vi phrasal | (wait for [sb/sth]) (شخصًا أو شيئًا) | ينتظر |
| wait on [sb] vtr phrasal insep | (bar, restaurant: serve) | يخدم شخصًا، يقوم على خدمة شخص |
| | Gina was waiting on a customer at the restaurant. |
| wait [sth] out vtr phrasal sep | (be patient while [sth] is in progress) | ينتظر شيئًا |
| wait up vi phrasal | informal (stay awake until [sb] arrives home) | ينتظره، ينتظر عودته |
| | He's 23 years old; you need not wait up for him anymore. |
| wait upon [sb] vtr phrasal insep | formal (serve) | يخدم شخصًا |
| | Servants waited upon the aristocrats. |
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صيغ مركبة:
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| can hardly wait v expr | (feel impatient, excited) | ينفذ صبره، يهتاج |
| | I can hardly wait for my birthday! This has been such a rotten day, I can hardly wait for it to be over. |
| can't wait for [sth] v expr | figurative, informal (be impatient for) | ينتظر شيئًا بفارغ الصبر |
| | | يتوق لشيء |
| | I can't wait for this day to be over. |
| I can't wait! interj | (I am excited about [sth]) | أنتظر هذا بفارغ الصبر، أنا متلهف لذلك |
| | "This time next week we'll be on holiday." "I can't wait!" |
lie in ambush,
wait in ambush v expr | (be hidden, wait to attack) | يكمن |
| | The outlaws lay in ambush, waiting for the stagecoach to pass. |
| lie in wait v expr | (hide, await [sb]) | يتربّص، يكمن |
| ملاحظة: Usually used in continuous tenses. |
| | When the victim arrived home, his attacker was already lying in wait. |
| lie in wait for [sb] v expr | (hide, await [sb]) | يتربّص بشخص، يكمن لشخص |
| | The man was convicted of first degree murder because he had been lying in wait for the victim. |
| | أدين الرجل بتهمة القتل من الدرجة الأولى لأنه كان يتربص بالضحية. |
queue (UK),
wait in line (US),
wait on line (US,
regional) vi | UK (wait in a line of people, vehicles) | يصطف، يقف في صف، يقف في طابور |
| | | واقف في صف، واقف في طابول |
| | People were queuing outside the shop at 5 am on the day of the sale. |
| | في يوم التنزيلات كان الناس واقفين في طابور خارج المتجر في الساعة الخامسة صباحًا. |
| wait a long time v expr | (endure a considerable delay) | ينتظر طويلاً |
| | Because of the crowds we had to wait a long time. |
| wait a minute interj | informal (wait for a moment) | انتظر قليلاً!، مهلاً |
| | Wait a minute! - please repeat what you just said. |
| wait a second interj | informal (wait for a moment) | انتظر قليلاً! |
| | Just wait a second; I'm almost ready now. |
| wait and see v expr | (wait to find out) | لننتظر ونرَ |
| | Wait and see. You might win the prize. |
| wait in the wings v expr | figurative (await opportunity) | ينتظر الفرصة السانحة |
| | My best friend's waiting in the wings for me to finish with my girlfriend so he can ask her out. |
| wait on [sb/sth] vi + prep | (await) | ينتظر شخصًا/شيئًا |
| | Rachel was waiting on her brother's arrival. |
wait tables,
wait on tables v expr | US (restaurant job) (في مطعم) | يخدم الموائد |
| | To make extra money, I waited tables in college. |
| Wait up! interj | (Wait for me!) | انتظر!، انتظرني! |
| wait your turn v expr | (be patient) | ينتظر |
| | You should wait your turn. |
| | يجب أن تنتظر دورك. |
| be worth the wait v expr | (be worth waiting for) | يستحقّ الانتظار |
You wait and see!,
Just you wait and see! interj | informal (I'll show you I'm right) | انتظر وسترى |