أفّاق

English translation: liar

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Arabic term or phrase:أفّاق
English translation:liar
Entered by: Mohsin Alabdali

21:30 Mar 5, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
Arabic term or phrase: أفّاق
أتصدق هذا الأفّاق وتكذبني؟
Mohsin Alabdali
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 20:43
liar
Explanation:
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AhmedAMS
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:43
Grading comment
Many thanks.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +4liar
AhmedAMS
5Slanderer
Nadia Ayoub
4tramp, mope, mooch
natasha stoyanova
4carpetbagger
Mohamed Salaheldin
4Fraud
Mohamed Ghazal
4falsifier
Khalid Nasir
4Liar
Shabbir Limbada


Discussion entries: 2





  

Answers


8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +4
liar


Explanation:


AhmedAMS
Russian Federation
Local time: 21:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Many thanks.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Saleh Dardeer: simple and to the point!
1 hr
  -> Thank you.

agree  Aljobury
8 hrs
  -> Thank you.

agree  Ghada Samir
12 hrs
  -> Thank you.

agree  Neamaat Shehatah
18 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
tramp, mope, mooch


Explanation:
More context would ne helpful. there's a number of variants.

to trust this tramp and he lies to me?
me, trusting that mooch while he lies to me?



natasha stoyanova
Bulgaria
Local time: 19:43
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
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24 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
carpetbagger


Explanation:
صفة عن الشخص الكاذب المنافق غير الأمين

Mohamed Salaheldin
Egypt
Local time: 19:43
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Fraud


Explanation:
I think the speaker uses أفاق here to show dishonesty, he/she doesn't mean the literal meaning. i.e. "hobo, vagabond, etc."

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نصّاب يعني

Mohamed Ghazal
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 21:43
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
falsifier


Explanation:
from Oxford Dic.
falsify verb
(falsifies, falsifying, falsified, falsified) [VN] to change a written record or information so that it is no longer true:
to falsify data / records / accounts.

See this Search on "Affak"
http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A1f4cfcNlM9HSJ8AjopLB...


Khalid Nasir
Iraq
Local time: 20:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Slanderer


Explanation:
Slander according to Webster's dictionary is "the atterance of a falsehood damaging to a person's character or reputation".

Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 19:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 99
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4 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Liar


Explanation:
Though the translation liar is ok,but is weak in the sense the Arabic word is in a superlative and hence i would prefer to use the term a pathological liar,i.e.one whose second nature is to lie.

Shabbir Limbada
United Kingdom
Local time: 17:43
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in UrduUrdu, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
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