صرف بالانجليزي

to exchange a cheque/check for the amount of money that it is worth

ذَهَبَ أَحْمَدُ لِيَصْرِفَ الشِّيْكَ

Ahmed went to cash the cheque

أَيْنَ يُمْكِنُنِيْ صَرْفُ هَذَا الشِّيْكَ؟

Where can I get this cheque cashed?

صَرَفَ القَاضِيْ هَيْئَةَ المُحَلَّفِيْنَ مِنَ المَحْكَمَةِ أَيْ طَلَبَ مِنْهُمُ المُغَادَرَةَ وَالتَّوَقُّفَ عَنِ العَمَلَ

​[transitive, often passive] discharge somebody/something to allow a member of a jury to stop serving in a court case

صَرَفَ القَاضِيْ هَيْئَةَ المُحَلَّفِيْنَ

The judge discharged the jury

يَجِبُ أَنْ تُصْرَفَ هَيْئَةُ المُحَلَّفِيْنَ

The jury should be discharged

صَرَّفَ سَائِلًا أَوْ غَازًا أَيْ فَرَّغَهُ فِيْ مَكَانٍ مُعَيَّنٍ

[intransitive, transitive] when a gas or a liquid discharges or is discharged, or somebody discharges it, it flows somewhere

يُصَرِّفُ المَصْنَعُ فَضَلَاتِهِ الكِيْمِيَائِيَّةَ فِيْ البَحْرِ

The plant discharges its chemical waste into the sea

تُصَرَّفُ مِيَاهُ الصَّرْفِ الصِّحِّيِّ مُبَاشَرَةً فِيْ النَّهْرِ

Sewage is discharged directly into the river

الصَّرْفُ مِنَ العَمَلِ أَيِ الفَصْلُ أَوِ التَّسْرِيْحُ مِنَ الوَظِيْفَةِ

[uncountable, countable] the act of dismissing somebody from their job; an example of this

بَقِيَ عَاطِلًا عَنِ العَمَلِ لِثَلَاثَةِ أَشْهُرٍ بَعْدَ صَرْفِهِ

He was unemployed for three months after his dismissal

أُعْلِنَ صَرْفُهَا البَارِحَةَ

Her dismissal was announced yesterday

صَرَفَ فُلَانًا أَوْ انْتِبَاهَ فُلَانٍ عَنْ شَيْءٍ مَا أَيْ أَبْعَدَهُ عَنْهُ وَشَتَّتَ انْتِبَاهَهُ إِلَىْ غَيْرِهِ

​distract somebody/something (from something) to take somebody’s attention away from what they are trying to do

صَرَفُوْا انْتِبَاهَنَا عَنِ العَمَلِ

They distracted us from working

اسْتُخْدِمَتْ تَغْطِيَةُ الِانْتِخَابَاتِ لِصَرْفِ الِانْتِبَاهِ عَنِ الحَرْبِ

Coverage of election was used to distract attention from the war

صَرَفَ أَفْكَارَ شَخْصٍ أَوِ انْتِبَاهَهُ عَنْ أَمْرٍ أَيْ حَوَّلَهُ عَنْهُ إِلَىْ شَيْءٍ آخَرَ

to take somebody’s thoughts or attention away from something

صَرَفَهُ وَالِدُهُ إِلَىْ دِرَاسَةِ الصَّيْدَلَةِ

His father diverted him onto studying pharmacy

اسْتُخْدِمَتْ تَغْطِيَةُ الِانْتِخَابَاتِ لِصَرْفِ الِانْتِبَاهِ عَنِ الحَرْبِ

Coverage of election was used to divert attention from the war

صَرَّفَ المَاءَ وَنَحْوَهُ أَيْ جَعَلَهُ يَتَدَفَّقُ بَعِيْدًا

[transitive] to make the water or liquid in something flow away

صَرَّفْنَا الزَّيْتَ مِنَ المُحَرِّكِ ثُمَّ نَظَّفْنَاهُ

We drained the oil from the engine then cleaned it

صُرِّفَتِ المِيَاهُ بَعِيْدًا

The water has been drained away

a process in which you change money form one currency to another

كَمْ سِعْرُ الصَّرْفِ اليَوْمَ

How much is the exchange rate today?

صِرْفٌ أَيْ خَالِصٌ أَوْ بَحْتٌ لَا يَشُوْبُهُ مَا يُخَالِطُهُ

completely and only

اتُّخِذَ القَرَارُ بِنَاءً عَلَىْ أَسْبَابٍ طِبِّيَّةٍ صِرْفَةٍ

The descision was made for purely medical reasons

خَمْرٌ فِرَنْسِيٌّ صِرْفٌ

a purely French wine

to exchange money into the money of another country

هَلْ صَرَفْتَ المِئَةَ دُوْلَارٍ؟

Have you changed the 100 dollar?

صَرَفْتُ الرِّيْنْغِيْتَاتِ إِلَىْ جِيْنِيْهَاتٍ

I changed ringgits to pounds

to exchange money for the same amount in different coins or notes

هَلَّا صَرَفْتَ لِيْ مِئَةَ رِنْغِتٍ؟

Could you change a 100-ringgit note?

صَرَفْتُ مِئَةَ بَاوْنْدًا إِلَىْ خَمْسِيْنَتَيْنِ

I changed a hundred pounds into/for two fifty pounds

ALCOHOLIC DRINK: not mixed with water or anything else

أُرِيْدُ فُوْدْكَا صِرْفَةً

I want straight vodka