bgha بغا
Moroccan Darija · verb
“bgha” (بغا) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to want, to desire.
Meanings
- to want, to desire
- to love, to like
- to be about to
Usage
Central verb for expressing desire. Pitfall: the perfect form is used to say what one wants right now. "bghit" means "I want" or "I would like", not just "I wanted". It takes a noun directly ("bghit atay") or a conjugated verb, with no infinitive: "bghit nmchi" (I want to leave). In the imperfect, "kanbghi" mainly means "I like": "kanbghi lkoskous". "bghitek" means "I love you" or "I want you". "Ila bghiti" corresponds to "if you want". The verb is used in all registers.
Example
بغا شي حاجة
bgha chi 7aja
“He wants something.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bgha” but also “bagha”, “bra” and “bghaa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Its Arabic spelling is not fixed either: you will find بغا and بغى, all the same word.
Type “bgha” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to want”; “to desire, feel like”: bgha in Algerian.