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Hebrew Slang and Informal Speech

Casual, colloquial Israeli Hebrew expressions used in everyday talk that a textbook usually skips. Front: the Hebrew word or phrase (romanization in parentheses). Back: English meaning.

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מה נשמע? (Ma nishma?)
What's up? (casual greeting)
הכל בסדר. (Hakol beseder.)
Everything's fine (casual reply)
יאללה (Yalla)
Come on, let's go
סבבה (Sababa)
Cool, great, no problem
אחלה (Achla)
Awesome, great
וואלה (Wallah)
Really?, seriously (expresses surprise)
חבל על הזמן (Chaval al hazman)
Amazing, incredible (literally 'a waste of time,' used as high praise)
סתם (Stam)
Just kidding, for no reason
אני סתם צוחק. (Ani stam tzochek.)
I'm just joking.
באסה (Basa)
Bummer, too bad
פראייר (Frayer)
Sucker, someone easily taken advantage of
חוצפן (Chutzpan)
A nervy, cheeky person
בלגן (Balagan)
A mess, chaos
איזה בלגן! (Eize balagan!)
What a mess!
סוף הדרך (Sof haderech)
The best, top-notch (literally 'end of the road')

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