ferekeeko

English translation: فريكيكو

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Arabic term or phrase:	ferekeeko
English translation:	فريكيكو
Entered by:	hassan zekry

04:52 Oct 15, 2009

Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature

Arabic term or phrase: ferekeeko

the novel is by Mahfouz, so it is Egyptian Arabic
the man talking is prone to slang, he is rich and uneducated and cynical, and uses the phrase in a variety of situations, e.g.:

After a girl invites him in to meet his father, he thinks to himself:
Now, Ferekeeko, the truth is, I am quite an eligible match, young and rich…

He makes a new acquaintance, a woman, and he thinks:
The woman is passable. I may need her some night. But why did I take the trouble to drive her home? Stupid! Ferekeeko, don’t blame me!

After a conversation with someone who lives at the same place, and mistaking his girlfriend for an easy woman, he says to himself:
Don’t worry yourself over trifles, Ferekeeko!

One other instance:
(again to himself, he says) How marvelous to be loyal to nothing, to be free, free of claims from class, country, or any duty whatever. And all I know of faith is that God is merciful and compassionate. Ferekeeko, don’t blame me!

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Local time: 12:08

فريكيكو

Explanation:
هذا هو ما يقال في اللغة العربية ، والمعني شامل لعدة صفات مثل : الخفيف، الفهلوي، الحِرك، بتاع كله، وما شابه

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Note added at 26 mins (2009-10-15 05:19:08 GMT)
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this is what we say in the egyptian dialect, we quite frequently here this word on movies as well as plays. one can take it the way they like,it has a wide interepretation. it could describe someone who is light-spirited, witty, brisk, a man of all trades,.....etc

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hassan zekry
Local time: 11:08

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فريكيكو

hassan zekry

smart alec/smart-arse/smart-ass

nevine ibrahim

smart

Mohamed Samy Ahmed

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فريكيكو

hassan zekry
Local time: 11:08
Native speaker of:

Arabic
PRO pts in category: 66

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thank you

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Asker: thanks, hassan zekry, but i'm afraid i don't know arabic, can you please shortly put it in english, too?

1 hr confidence:

smart

Explanation:
smart

Mohamed Samy Ahmed
Egypt
Local time: 11:08
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 3

1 day 7 hrs confidence:

smart alec/smart-arse/smart-ass

Explanation:
an informal(dregatory) for a person who behaves as if he know- it- all.
The word is an Egyptian slang . (Oxford dictionary)

nevine ibrahim
United States
Local time: 05:08
Native speaker of:

Arabic

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