how to say “disposable” in Hebrew
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לְשִׁמּוּשׁ חַד-פַּעֲמִי
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Disposable – referring to an item that can be disposed of after one use – doesn’t get translated literally into Hebrew. Rather, Hebrew uses the expression לְשִׁמּוּשׁ חַד-פַּעֲמִי – literally, for one-time use (leh-shee-MOOSH khahd-pah-ah-MEE). Most Israelis shorten the expression and say, simply, חד-פעמי – one-time.
A couple of examples:
מַזְלֵג חַד-פַּעֲמִי
disposable fork
(mahz-LEG khahd-pah-ah-MEE)
סַכִּין חַד-פַּעֲמִית
disposable knife
(sah-KEEN khahd-pah-ah-MEET)
For more examples, watch this video, Part 1 in the “Shopping for the Barbecue” series.
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