How to say “brawl” in Darija
In Moroccan, you say “mdabza” and “mdarba”; in Algerian, “debza”.
In Moroccan Darija
mdabza مدابزة
A noun meaning “fight, brawl”; “violent quarrel”.
وقعات مدابزة قدام المدرسة: “A fight broke out in front of the school.”
mdarba مضاربة
A noun meaning “fight, brawl”; “violent quarrel”.
طلعات مضاربة قدام القهوة: “A fight broke out in front of the café.”
In Algerian Darja
debza دبزة
A noun meaning “fight, brawl”; “punch”.
نضات دبزة قدام القهوة وجات الشرطة: “A fight broke out in front of the café and the police came.”