الماتش خلص بالتعادل.

to run out

Breakdown of الماتش خلص بالتعادل.

• الماتش: the match
• التعادل: the draw; tie

Questions & Answers about الماتش خلص بالتعادل.

How do I pronounce الماتش خلص بالتعادل?

A simple pronunciation guide is:

el-mātsh khalaṣ bit-taʿādel

A few notes:

• خ in خلص is a throaty sound, like the ch in German Bach
• ص is a heavier, more emphatic s
• In بالتعادل, the ل of ال is not clearly pronounced because ت is a sun letter, so you hear something like bit-ta..., not bil-ta...
• ع in تعادل is a consonant that English does not really have; it is normal for learners to need time with it

What does الماتش mean, and is it an Arabic word?

الماتش means the match.

It is a very common borrowed word from English match, especially in sports talk in Egyptian Arabic. In everyday speech, Egyptians often say ماتش very naturally.

A more formal or more purely Arabic word would be:

المباراة = the match / the game

So:

• الماتش = casual, everyday, very common in speech
• المباراة = more formal, also very common

What does خلص mean exactly here?

Here خلص means ended or .