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קריזהkriza meaning in Hebrew

a fit, a meltdown; an intense craving · noun (feminine), slang

Also spelled in English: krizah

Illustration for the Hebrew word kriza

The flight is cancelled, the soup is going cold, and somebody's voice just jumped an octave. In Hebrew he catches a kriza, the way you catch a cold.

אל תגיד לו עכשיו שהטיסה בוטלה, הוא יחטוף קריזה באמצע ארוחת שישי.

“Don't tell him the flight got cancelled now, he'll lose it in the middle of Friday dinner.”

Connect לחטוף קריזה to the sudden spike in blood pressure when you get cut off in traffic.

Israeli slang wordsHebrew words for feelings and moods

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