מה פתאום

ma pit-OM

Phonetics · ma pit-OM

No way! what do you mean?!.

"No way! What do you mean?!" — literally "what, suddenly?!": indignant surprise.

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

Deep records on the same shelf — chaos & complaint

בלאגןba-la-GAN דווקאdav-KA (colloquially DAF-ka)פשלהFASH-la על הפניםal ha-pa-NIM

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Reviewed 2026-07-30

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