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بحرقة

English translation: Bitterly, inconsolably

18:33 Oct 3, 2022
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Arabic term or phrase: بحرقة
Hi everyone,

Does this mean bitterly?

وأخذ يرتجف وبدأ البكاء بحرقة

So he began to cry bitterly?

Thanks!
Saliha18
Local time: 08:01
English translation:Bitterly, inconsolably
Explanation:
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Lamine Boukabour
Algeria
Local time: 08:01
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2 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +3Bitterly, inconsolably
Lamine Boukabour
3 +1began to cry his heart out
mona elshazly
4smarted
Linda Al-Bairmani


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Bitterly, inconsolably


Explanation:
.

Lamine Boukabour
Algeria
Local time: 08:01
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 94
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Inas Albaba
1 hr
  -> شكرا
agree  mona elshazly
2 hrs
  -> شكرا
agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
1 day 13 hrs
  -> شكرا
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
began to cry his heart out


Explanation:
began to cry his heart out


    https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cry+heart+out
mona elshazly
Egypt
Local time: 10:01
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 45

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linda Al-Bairmani
1 day 10 hrs
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1 day 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
smarted


Explanation:
Smart has been used to refer to the causing of pain since Old English (our smart comes from the Old English smeart, meaning "causing pain"). This sense is still very much in use today, at least as a verb.

Ouch, ouch, ouch—that smarts!
—Rob Bacon, Logansport Pharos-Tribune (Logansport, IN), 26 Jul. 1961

Sidestepping the shopping carts at Farmer's Market, 3rd & Fairfax, or, ouch, that smarts!
Dick Kidson, The Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 1965



    https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/smart-usage-history
Linda Al-Bairmani
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 09:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 10
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