how to say “garbage can” in Hebrew
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פח-אשפה-#.m4a” /]פַּח אַשְׁפָּה
Americans call it a garbage can. Brits call it a rubbish bin.
Israelis call it a פח אשפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פח-אשפה-#.m4a” /] – or simply פח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פח-אשפה-#.m4a” /], which means literally, tin (אשפה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פח-אשפה-#.m4a” /] means garbage/rubbish/trash), as in:
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פח-אשפה-#.m4a” /]זרוק את זה לפח, דני.
Throw it in the trash, Danny.
פח אשפה is not limited to the metal can that has largely fallen out of use in many places – it can refer to containers serving the same purpose as large as the one pictured in this article (also falling out of use), which Israelis like to call a צפרדע[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/פח-אשפה-#.m4a” /] due to its resemblance to a frog.