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تباكى

[tbaː.ka]

verb

LanguageMoroccan Arabic (Morocco)

Meaning
  1. to pretend to weep
  2. to feign weeping
  3. To act as if one is crying or to fake tears to gain sympathy.
Examples

كايتباكى باش يعطوه الفلوس.

He pretends to weep so that they give him money.

Pronunciationtbaː.ka

Part of speechverb

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.