how to say “butterfly” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/פרפר-#.m4a” /]פַּרְפַּר
This word is a cute one: פרפר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/פרפר-#.m4a” /] means butterfly.
You may be familiar with the Israeli kids’ TV series, whose theme song goes:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/פרפר-#.m4a” /]אז בוא אלי פרפר נחמד, שב אצלי על כף היד.
So come to me friendly butterfly, sit here on my palm.
פרפר is also the butterfly stroke – well, more specifically, סגנון הפרפר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/פרפר-#.m4a” /] – the butterfly style.
For example:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/פרפר-#.m4a” /]היא למדה את סגנון הפרפר מסרטונים ביוטיוב.
She learned the butterfly stroke from videos on YouTube.
The word פרפר joined the Hebrew lexicon in modern times – it derives from the Italian farfalla of the same meaning.
