Arabic term
United Kingdom
Spanish and Arabic into English, MA
Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: Spanish to English, Arabic to English
يبهّر الكلام
I'm wondering if you can help me to translate this idiomatically into US English. It appears in a few isolated sentences in a project I am working on:
- كان معسول اللسان ويبهر الكلام الذي يقوله.
- قد يلجأ المرء إلى حيلة أن يبهر كلامه من أجل تحقيق مصلحةٍ ما
- نعيش بمجتمع يعشق التهويل والقصص، فلا يستطيعون العيش دون تبهير الكلام
- قد أصبحت ظاهرة تبهير الكلام شائعة ليس فقط في إطارٍ معين؛ بل في المجتمع العربي أجمع.
Many thanks!
| 5 +1 | spice up |
hamdy megahed
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| 4 | Embellished /ornamented his words |
Youssef Chabat
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| 4 | political correctness / politically correct / sugarcoating |
Yassine El Bouknify
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Proposed translations
Egypt
Highest quality, honesty, and speed
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Egyptian) 
, English
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English
spice up
Newspaper reports tend to spice up the real story.
Morocco
A wordsmith at your disposal
Native in: Arabic (Variant: Standard-Arabian (MSA)) 
, French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: French to Arabic, English to Arabic, Arabic to French, and 6 more.
Embellished /ornamented his words
make (a statement or story) more interesting by adding extra details that are often untrue.
"followers often embellish stories about their heroes"
| Many thanks for your suggestion. |
Morocco
Literature,Marketing & Legal Translation
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Moroccan, UAE, Kuwaiti, Najdi, Standard-Arabian (MSA), Hassaniya) , Berber (Other) (Variants: Standard Moroccan Tamazight, Tarifit , Tashelhit , Riffian, Central Atlas Tamazight, Tamazight )
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 21 more.
political correctness / politically correct / sugarcoating
agreeing with the idea that people should be careful to not use language or behave in a way that could offend a particular group of people.
https://www.google.com/search?q=politically correct meaning&...
OR
to make something seem more positive or pleasant than it really is:
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/sugarcoa...
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Note added at 1 hr (2023-03-11 20:47:18 GMT)
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I've come across spice something up
You can also 'spice up' things like speeches, performances and events: by adding parts which make them more interesting and exciting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/language/...
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Note added at 1 hr (2023-03-11 20:49:09 GMT)
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ويبهر الكلام الذي يقول
and he spices his speech up
يبهر من البهارات
| Many thanks for your comprehensive answer, some really good options to consider here! |
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