يعرق
“يعرق” (йаʿрак) — to sweat in Arabic. Verb, level B1. Sweat is ʿaraq, of the same root: to sweat is "to let out sweat". The ʿayn in the middle of the word squeezes the throat — the sound comes out with effort, like the work itself. In a live sentence: “يعرق كثيرا في الجيم في الصيف” — He sweats a lot in the gym in the summer. Written with the characters ي, ع, ر, ق. A word from the everyday Arabic course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Arabic | يعرق |
| Read in Latin letters | йаʿрак |
| Translation | to sweat |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Sweat is ʿaraq, of the same root: to sweat is "to let out sweat". The ʿayn in the middle of the word squeezes the throat — the sound comes out with effort, like the work itself
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- يعرق كثيرا في الجيم في الصيفйаʿрак кясиран фи аль-джим фи ас-сайфHe sweats a lot in the gym in the summer
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to sweat” in Arabic?
«يعرق», read “йаʿрак”. In a live sentence: “يعرق كثيرا في الجيم في الصيف” — He sweats a lot in the gym in the summer. Verb, level B1; written with the characters ي, ع, ر, ق.
How is “يعرق” written in Latin letters?
йаʿрак. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Sweat is ʿaraq, of the same root: to sweat is "to let out sweat". The ʿayn in the middle of the word squeezes the throat — the sound comes out with effort, like the work itself. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.