The Jerusalem Bridge

מבסוטmabsut meaning in Hebrew

pleased, content · adjective (feminine מבסוטה, plural מבסוטים)

Also spelled in English: mabsoot

Illustration for the Hebrew word mabsut

The man at the next table pushes his plate away, stretches his legs out under the table and says one word: mabsut. In Arabic it means spread out. In Hebrew it means everything went fine.

הוא חזר מהראיון כל כך מבסוט, שהוא אפילו לא שם לב שירד גשם.

“He came back from the interview so pleased that he didn't even notice it was raining.”

Think of a moment you kicked your shoes off after good news and had nowhere else you needed to be.

Israeli slang wordsHebrew words for feelings and moodsHebrew slang that came from Arabic

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