how to say “to get filled up” in Hebrew

 

לְהִתְמַלֵּא

 

 
מָלֵא listen and repeat for something masculine and מְלֵאָה listen and repeat for something feminine mean full, as in filled to capacity
 
For example:
 
הַמָּקוֹם מָלֵא בַּאֲנָשִׁים.
The place is full of people.
 
and 
 
הַבֶּטֶן שֶׁלִּי מְלֵאָה.
My stomach is full.
 
For something to get filled up, Hebrew plugs the root מ.ל.א (m.l.a) into the reflexive verb form, yielding לְהִתְמַלֵּא listen and repeat.

For example:
 
כָּל יוֹם קוֹנִים כַּרְטִיסִים, וְאוּלַם הַתֵּאַטְרוֹן מִתְמַלֵּא מַהֵר.
Every day (people) are buying tickets, and the theater’s hall is filling up fast.

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