טרמפיאדהtrempiyada meaning in Hebrew
roadside hitchhiking spot · noun (feminine); plural טרמפיאדות, trempiyadot
Also spelled in English: trempiada

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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