12 Nightlife Words and Phrases You Need to Know in Hebrew

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12 Nightlife Words and Phrases You Need to Know in Hebrew

Whether you like to party into the night, relax at a wine bar, or simply enjoy a drink with friends, these words and phrases will have you speaking (and feeling) like a local.

1. ?יש מקום על הבר

Translation: Is there room (to sit) on the bar?

Transliteration: yehsh mah-kohm ahl hah-bar?

2. ?אפשר טיפ באשראי

Translation: Can I put a tip on the credit card?

Transliteration: ehf-shahr tip bah-ahsh-rahi?

3. ?כמה עולה כניסה

Translation: How much does it cost to get in?

Transliteration: kah-mah oh-lah knee-sah?

4. בירה מהחבית

Translation: beer on tap

Transliteration: bee-rah meh-hah-chah-veet

5. משהו לנשנש ליד הבירה

Translation: something to snack on with the beer

Transliteration: mah-shu leh-nahsh-nehsh leh-yahd hah-bee-rah

6. צ׳ייסר

Translation: a half-shot of alcohol

Transliteration: chaser

7. ברמן / ברמנית

Translation: bartender

Transliteration: barman (m) / barmanit (f)

8. מסטול / מסטולה

Translation: very intoxicated

Transliteration: mahs-tool (m) / mahs-too-lah (f)

9. מחוק / מחוקה

Translation: wiped out

Transliteration: mah-chook (m) / meh-choo-kah (f)

10. סחי / סחית

Translation: boring, lame, sober, mainstream

Transliteration: sah-chee (m) / sah-cheet (f)

11. סטלן / סטלנית

Translation: stoner

Transliteration: saht-lahn (m) / saht-lah-neet (f)

12. אני במאנצ׳

Translation: I have the munchies.

Transliteration: ah-nee beh-munch.

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12 Nightlife Words and Phrases You Need to Know in Hebrew

The past year has been an emotional rollercoaster – moving from the shock, pain, and sadness of unimaginable events to the moments of hope we felt with each hostage coming home, each family reunited, and every soldier returning safely. Alongside this, we’ve found countless reasons to be grateful – for the incredible outpouring of support from civilians, and for the things we still hold dear, like our families, our partners, and our community. But these feelings are always mixed with the ache and despair that everyone in Israel still carries, even now.
I’d say the best way to describe how everyone around me is feeling is רגשות מעורבים (reh-gah-shoht meh-oh-rah-veem), which means “mixed emotions.” רגש (reh-gehsh) means “an emotion” in singular, but in plural, רגשות, it might sound feminine with the “OHT” ending. But here’s the catch: this doesn’t change the gender of the noun or the adjective that follows, which still matches the singular form. So, it’s מעורבים and not מעורבות. It’s just one of those quirks of Hebrew that’s tricky to explain.