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free spirit

Arabic translation: شخص متحرر / غير ملتزم بالعرف / غير مقيد بالتقاليد

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English term or phrase:free spirit
Arabic translation:شخص متحرر / غير ملتزم بالعرف / غير مقيد بالتقاليد
Entered by: Muhammad Atallah

10:45 Apr 10, 2010
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Slang
English term or phrase: free spirit
How did a free spirit like you end up with a daughter who is so uptight?
Muradaf
Local time: 13:59
شخص متحرر / غير ملتزم بالعرف
Explanation:
One who is not restrained, as by convention or obligation; a nonconformist.
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Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 12:59
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4شخص متحرر / غير ملتزم بالعرف
Muhammad Atallah
5صاحب ذهنية منفتحة
Liliane Hatem
4شخصية مستقلة / متحرره
Sameh El-Tantawy
4غير مقيد بالتقاليد
Tarik Boussetta
3شخصية منطلقة
Amira A Wahab


  

Answers


5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
صاحب ذهنية منفتحة


Explanation:
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Liliane Hatem
Lebanon
Local time: 13:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 16
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
شخص متحرر / غير ملتزم بالعرف


Explanation:
One who is not restrained, as by convention or obligation; a nonconformist.

Example sentence(s):
  • She is a free spirit; she wears what she likes, does what she likes, and doesn\\\'t care what anybody thinks.

    Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/free+spirit
    Reference: http://www.wordreference.com/enar/free%20spirit
Muhammad Atallah
Egypt
Local time: 12:59
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mona Helal
36 mins
agree  Ali Alsaqqa
37 mins
agree  Nadia Ayoub: شخص متحرر
42 mins
agree  Samah Soliman: شخص متحرر
6 hrs
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39 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
شخصية مستقلة / متحرره


Explanation:
free spirit
■ an independent or uninhibited person.

© Oxford University Press, 2004


SMT

Sameh El-Tantawy
Saudi Arabia
Local time: 13:59
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
شخصية منطلقة


Explanation:
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Amira A Wahab
Local time: 12:59
Native speaker of: Arabic
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
غير مقيد بالتقاليد


Explanation:
غير مقيد بالتقاليد
منسلخ عن التقاليد
Just another suggestion:)

Tarik Boussetta
Local time: 11:59
Native speaker of: Arabic
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