how to say “packaging” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-1.m4a” /]אֲרִיזָה

packaging - אריזהWith חנוכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-2.m4a” /] (Hanukkah) is full swing and the Christian holidays coming soon, gifts are on people’s minds.

You may know the Hebrew word for gift – מתנה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-3.m4a” /]. But do you know the word for packaging – אריזה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-1.m4a” /]?

The word in context:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-4.m4a” /]כשקונים מוצר, משלמים גם על האריזה.

When (you) buy a product, (you) pay also for the packaging.

אריזה is the abstract-noun form of the simple verb לארוז[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/אריזה-5.m4a” /] – to package or to pack.

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