Translate English into Egyptian Arabic (Masri) - the colloquial Arabic Egyptians actually speak, with ezzayak, mashi and 3ayez instead of stiff formal Arabic. Paste Masri to get English back. Free, no sign-up.
A quick, honest note first: this is a translator for modern Egyptian Arabic, the language spoken in Egypt today. It does not translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Egyptian Arabic (Masri, مصري) is the most widely understood Arabic dialect in the world, largely thanks to decades of Egyptian cinema, TV series and music. It differs from Modern Standard Arabic in ways that matter: in Cairo ج is a hard "g", ق is usually a glottal stop, negation wraps the verb in ma-...-sh, the future uses ha-, and "this" comes after the noun (el-bet da). Translate English into Masri written in Arabic script, or paste Masri - even Franco-Arabic like "ezzayak 3amel eh" - to get English.
Common Masri phrases in Arabic script with a Franco-Arabic romanisation, the way Egyptians often type in chats (2 = glottal stop, 3 = ع, 7 = ح). Where words change for gender, the form for a man is shown first.
General Arabic translators usually answer in Modern Standard Arabic, which Egyptians read but do not speak at home. This page is set to Masri.
Output uses everyday Egyptian words and grammar - mesh instead of laysa, 3ayez instead of uridu, ezzay instead of kayfa - so it reads like a real Egyptian message.
Type English to get Egyptian Arabic, or paste Masri from a chat, a film subtitle or a song and swap to English.
Output is in right-to-left Arabic script. When you translate into English, you can paste Masri written in Arabic letters or in Franco-Arabic with numbers like 3 and 7.
Upload or paste a screenshot or a photo of a printed sign. Text is recognised in your browser, you can fix it, then it is translated. Recognition works best on clear printed text.
Tap the mic in Chrome, Edge or Safari and speak; your words are transcribed, translated and can be read aloud. What languages you can speak and hear depends on your browser and device.
Read the result aloud or copy it in one click to paste into WhatsApp or Messenger.
From family chats to Cairo taxis, this is where Masri matters more than textbook Arabic.
Reply to relatives in the dialect they actually use, so your message feels warm rather than formal.
Bargain at the market, talk to drivers and ask for directions in the Arabic Egyptians reply in.
Paste dialogue or lyrics in Masri and get the meaning in English, including expressions that standard Arabic dictionaries miss.
Compare English sentences with Masri equivalents to see dialect grammar - ha- for the future, ma-...-sh for negation - in action.
Small habits that make Masri output feel natural.
Egyptian Arabic marks gender in "you" and many verbs: ezzayak to a man, ezzayek to a woman. Add "to a woman" or "to a group" to your English and the forms will match.
Output is in Arabic script by default. If you or your reader prefer Latin letters, add "write it in Franco-Arabic" to your request.
Masri is for speech, chats and casual writing. Government forms, contracts and formal letters in Egypt are normally written in Modern Standard Arabic, so use our English to Arabic translator for those.
No account, no install. Type English and get everyday Masri - or paste Egyptian Arabic and read it in English.