סחתייןsakhtein meaning in Hebrew
respect; nicely done · interjection (slang, from Arabic)
Also spelled in English: sahten, sachten, sachtein
Your friend fixes in one phone call what you failed at for a week. There's one word for that moment.
סחתיין עליך שסידרת את כל העניין בטלפון אחד, אני הייתי מתעסק עם זה שבוע שלם.
“Respect for sorting the whole thing out with one phone call, I'd have been fiddling with it for a week.”
Think of the last time you said this. Was it genuine admiration, or was it sarcastic?
Israeli slang wordsHebrew expressions and idiomsHebrew slang that came from Arabic