Q&A: How would you translate “mansplaining” to Hebrew?

Fun question. Here’s how I would approach it:

  • ‘To explain’ is lehasbir להסביר (in simulated Hebrew: lhsbir)
  • ‘Man’ is gever גבר (SimHebrew: gbr)
  • Blend the two: lehasgvir להסגביר (lhsgbir)

Interesting, the online Hebrew-English dictionary Morfix recognises the word hasgvarah הסגברה as a noun, but not as a verb. The Academy of the Hebrew Language doesn’t recognise either, as yet.

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