مِخلِّل — "pickled vegetables" in Egyptian Arabic
مِخلِّل
mixállil
pickled vegetables
- Topic
- food and drink
- Seen in
- 6 of our stories
مِخلِّل in a sentence
Every sentence below is taken from a story on Parallel Arabic, so you can see how the word behaves in real context rather than in isolation.
يبقى كده اتفقنا نجهز الشنط وناخد معانا المخلل بتاعنا
Yeb2a kedah ettafa2na, negahez el shonat w nakhod ma3ana el mekhalil beta3na.
So it's agreed, we'll prepare the bags and take our snacks and our pickles with us.
from The Weekend Trip
قالي انه هيجيب المخلل بتاعنا معاه وانا قولتله عظيم
2ali enno haygeeb el-mekhalil beta3na ma3ah w ana 2oltelo 3azeem
He told me he would bring our special pickles with him, and I told him, "Great!"
from A Sweet Phone Call
ماما عملت كيكة كبيرة وشوية مخلل جنب الأكل
Mama 3amalet keeka kebeera we shwayyet mekhalil ganb el akl
Mom made a big cake and some pickles next to the food.
from Grandma's Birthday
أهلاً يا منى! الكشري بتاعنا والمخلل هتعجبك بيها.
Ahlan ya Mona! El-koshary beta'na w el-mekhallil hat'agebek beeha.
Welcome, Mona! Our koshary and pickles, you will like them with it.
قالتلي خليهم ياكلوا المخلل اللي عملته هتعجبك طعمه
2aletly khaleehom yaklo elmekhalil elli 3amalto hat3agebek ta3mo
She told me, 'Let them eat the pickles I made, you will like its taste.'
بس احنا اصررنا ان اهم حاجة يبقى في مخلل كتير مع كل طبق بتاعنا
Bas ehna asrarna en aham haga yeb2a fe mekhalil keteer ma3 kol taba2 beta3na.
But we insisted that the most important thing is to have a lot of pickles with every dish of ours.