تَعَاتَى acted insolently in Arabic
تَعَاتَى is how you say “acted insolently” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وقسر بقهره من تكبر وتعاتى،
And He subdued by His might those who acted arrogantly and insolently,
وَتَعَاتَى and he acted insolently
The 'and' joins a second describing verb and keeps it under the same 'whoever', so it shares that subject. The past-tense reflexive verb means 'acted insolently', adding a second trait to the proud person, both of which provoked his being subdued.
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ما تأتي عبرة مثل أن أباك وأمك ماتا،
No lesson strikes home like the fact that your father and your mother have died.
تعاتى and contumacious
A connector plus a form meaning 'and were defiant', adding a second trait to the arrogant. The 'and' pairs it with the prior descriptor, extending the description of the subdued group.