"הגבר מערבב את הקפה שלו."

Translation: The man is mixing his coffee.

[Dov360473]

@Trevorist: "stir" is a valid translation in this context, though לבחוש might be more appropriate.

[anglozion76]

Whether the Hebrew means 'mix' rather than 'stir' it's a poor translation to keep it 'mix' in English. No-one has ever 'mixed' their coffee in this context.

[Hadassah277241]

Absolutely agree. The translation should be stir. Maybe you mix your coffee in Hebrew but in English you stir it!

[YardenNB]

What if you create a, well, mix, of beans for grinding?

[Theresa754142]

I mix regular and decaf instant coffee and put it in a jar so it will be ready for my morning coffee when I stir a portion with hot water.

[danny912421]

ha-géver me'arbév et ha-kafé sheló.

[owlinthebox]

I heard some native speakers saying "mearvev" instead of "mearbev" :/
Which one is preferable?

[YardenNB]

I may have heard /mearvev/ only as a joke, as a deliberate mispronunciation. It may have already leaked into serious speaking and I've missed it...

[JJ.ORTEGA]

Same doubt, what would be the correct pronounciation?

[mrspizza]

Mearbev would be the correct one. mearvev is just some sort of slang

[trevorist90]

Is the word 'stirs' valid here?

[AlmogL]

Not exactly, I would translate "stir" as בוחש.

[YardenNB]

Definitely בוחש is more precise, but I dare bet that in everyday speech Israelis more often מערבבים than בוחשים their coffee.

[MaryJaneKe4]

The man stirs his coffee or The man is stirring his coffee.

[Pousnika]

Could that verb be considered a pi'el construction with ע-רב-ב as root? Cos we've come across many verbs with more than 3 root letters and I was wondering if we could categorise them this way or if Duo has a whole other section on "longer verbs" that I'll discover later.

[ChickenRunner02]

I was wondering if ע-ר-ב is of the same root.

[IngeborgHa14]

Yes, the Pilpel עִרְבֵּב was formed by doubling the last consonant of the root ערב. You find it in the Aramaic part of the Bible ‏חזיתה פרזלא מערב בחסף טינא Dan 2.41you saw the iron mixed with the potter’s earth. Modern Hebrew uses עֵרֵב in the sense of to involve: הַאִם הַתׇּכְנִית שֶׁלְּךָ מְעָרֶ֫בֶת רוֹבֶה Does your plan involve a rifle?