مسابقة
musabaqa
Contest in Arabic is مسابقة (musabaqa), the word for a competition such as a quiz or a beauty contest.
مسابقة names an organized competition that people enter, like a contest for a prize.
Meaning: competition (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
The plural of مسابقة is مسابقات. To say in a contest, put في before it, as in في مسابقة.
Did you know?
- In Arabic, the word for 'contest' is built from a grammatical pattern used to describe a place or a tool. This implies that a مسابقة is the mechanism or the 'venue' that enables people to race one another.
- The phrase 'to win a contest' uses the word فاز, which is linguistically related to 'attaining a goal' or 'escaping danger'. To win a مسابقة is conceptually viewed as reaching a safe or successful destination.
- The word مسابقة shares a root with the verb سبق, which means 'to precede' or 'to race'. In Arabic, the core idea of a contest is not just winning, but the act of arriving before others.
Examples in context
- تريد ليلى أن تشارك في مسابقة الجمال.Layla wants to participate in the beauty contest.Here مسابقة is used for a beauty contest that Layla wants to join.Tatoeba #6699561 by OsoHombre, translation #6378661 by OsoHombre
- شاركت في المسابقة وحققت المركز الأول.I participated in the contest and won first place.
- الفريقان يتنافسان في المسابقة الرياضية.The two teams are competing in the sports contest.
- شفت العرض اللي كان في التلفزيون؟ كان فيه مسابقة رسم رائعة!Did you see the show on TV? There was a fantastic drawing contest!
- فاز أخي في مسابقة الرسم.faza akhi fi musabaqat al-rasm.My brother won a drawing contest.
- هل هناك مسابقة في المدرسة؟hal hunaka musabaqa fil madrasa?Is there a contest at school?
Example conversation
Mariam and Ziad are talking about an upcoming school event.
- مريم Maryamهل ستشارك في مسابقة الشعر؟hal satushariku fi musabaqat al-shi'r?Will you participate in the poetry contest?
- زياد Ziadنعم، أنا أحب هذه المسابقة.na'am, ana uhibbu hadhihi al-musabaqa.Yes, I love this contest.
- مريم Maryamأتمنى لك التوفيق يا زياد.atamanna laka al-tawfiq ya Ziad.I wish you luck, Ziad.
- زياد Ziadشكراً لكِ يا مريم.shukran laki ya Mariam.Thank you, Mariam.
Sources
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
