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טרמפיאדהtrempiyada meaning in Hebrew

roadside hitchhiking spot · noun (feminine); plural טרמפיאדות, trempiyadot

Also spelled in English: trempiada

Illustration for the Hebrew word trempiyada

A concrete shelter at a junction in the middle of nowhere, two soldiers with duffel bags, and an index finger pointing straight down at the asphalt as a car slows.

חיכיתי בטרמפיאדה ביציאה מהבסיס חצי שעה עד שמישהו סוף סוף עצר.

“I waited half an hour at the trempiyada outside the base until someone finally stopped.”

Think of a highway junction outside the big cities—that concrete shelter where soldiers wait with duffels is a trempiyada.

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