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how to say “button-down shirt” in Hebrew

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how to say “button-down shirt” in Hebrew

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חֻלְצָה מְכֻפְתֶּרֶת

 

 
The Hebrew word for shirt is חֻלְצָה  listen and repeat. And the word for button is כַּפְתּוֹר  listen and repeat.
 
To form button-down or that which is made with buttons, Hebrew plugs כפתור into the passive-intensive verb form to yield מְכֻפְתָּר  listen and repeat in the masculine and מְכֻפְתֶּרֶת  listen and repeat in the feminine.
 
Thus a button-down shirt is חולצה מכופתרת  listen and repeat, as in:
 
אִם אַתָּה לֹא לוֹבֵשׁ חֲלִיפָה, לְפָחוֹת תִּלְבַּשׁ חֻלְצָה מְכֻפְתֶּרֶת!
If you’re not wearing a sports jacket, at least put on a button-down shirt! (to a male)
 
While I gave examples using the grammatically-correct way of pronouncing these words, you’re more likely to hear Israelis saying מְכֻּפְתָּר  listen and repeat and מְכֻּפְתֶּרֶת  listen and repeat.

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