وَصْفِة — "recipe" in Egyptian Arabic

وَصْفِة

wáʂfi

recipe

Topic
around the house
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وَصْفِة 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.

حاولت أتابع الوصفة كويس بس مش عارف إيه اللي حصل

Hawwalt atabe' el wasfa kwayyes bas mesh aref eih elli hasal.

I tried to follow the recipe well but I don't know what happened.

from A New Dish

فتحت تليفوني عشان اشوف وصفة كشري سهل

Fataht telefooni ashan ashoof wasfet koshary sahl.

I opened my phone to see an easy Koshary recipe.

from First Time Making Koshary

دي اول مرة ليا اعمل الوصفة دي

Di awel marra leya a'mel el wasfa di.

This is my first time making this recipe.

from First Time Cooking

جبت كل المكونات وبدات اطبخ الوصفة اللي لقيتها على تليفوني

Gebt kol el mokawwenat w bad'at atbokh el wasfa elli la'etha ala telefooni

I got all the ingredients and started cooking the recipe I found on my phone.

from A New Dish and a Surprise

قلت لنفسي تاني مرة هقعد اقرا الوصفة كويس قبل ما ابدا اي حاجة

Olt le-nafsi tani marra ha'od aqra el-wasfa kwayyes abl ma abda ay haga.

I told myself, next time I will sit and read the recipe well before I start anything.

from The First Cooking Adventure

غلطتي اني نسيت مكون مهم في الوصفة

Ghalaṭti enni nesīt mokawwen mohemm fel-waṣfa.

My mistake was that I forgot an important ingredient in the recipe.

from A New Dish

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