Slang & Expressions סלנג וביטויים
12 advanced Hebrew words on slang & expressions — with pictures, native audio and example sentences. Street Hebrew — the words that make you sound local.
| Image | English | Hebrew | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
 | cool | מגניב | 🌎 Regionאחלה says the same thing; it comes from Arabic and never changes form. |
 | cash | כסף | 🔀 Several meaningsBoth 'money' and 'silver'. |
 | guy | בחור | Neutral and very common. |
 | party | מסיבה | Before another noun it becomes מסיבת־: מסיבת יום הולדת. |
 | what's up? | מה קורה? | Casual — literally 'what is happening?' Never changes for gender. |
 | drunk | שיכור | ⚠️ GenderBehaves like an adjective: שיכורה, שיכורים. |
 | hangover | האנגאובר | 🌎 RegionJust the English word borrowed — what everyone actually says. The official Hebrew word is חמרמורת, which almost nobody says. |
 | I don't care | לא אכפת לי | Impersonal: the person comes after ל־ — לא אכפת לי / לך / לו. |
 | nothing you can do | אין מה לעשות | Literally 'there is nothing to do'. 🔗 Rootאין is the negative existential, the opposite of יש. |
 | amazing | מדהים | 🌎 Regionהזוי does the same job in speech — literally 'surreal', from הזיה (a hallucination). |
 | wonderful | נהדר | 🔗 Rootה-ד-ר — also הדר, splendour. מושלם is the other everyday word for it. |
 | to make out | להתמזמז | להתמזמז is to make out; להתחיל עם — literally 'to start with someone' — is to hit on them. |
See also:Getting annoyedProverbs & Idioms