bogos بوڭوص
Moroccan Darija · adjective
“bogos” (بوڭوص) is an adjective in Moroccan Darija meaning handsome, good-looking (boy).
Meanings
- handsome, good-looking (boy)
- well-dressed, stylish
Usage
Bogos is a borrowing from French "beau gosse", well integrated into young people's speech in Morocco. It mostly describes a boy or man considered handsome or stylish. It is often heard with the verb ban ("to look, to appear"): katban bogos, "you look like a good-looking guy." The register is informal and often teasing, among friends or on social media. It is also used as a noun: wa l-bogos !, "hey, handsome!" The word generally stays invariable. Avoid it in formal contexts, where zwin is used instead.
Example
كاتبان بوڭوص فهاد السروال
katban bougouS f8ad ssrwal
“You look handsome in these trousers.”
Forms
| feminine | bogosS |
|---|---|
| plural | bbagS |
| feminine plural | bogoSat |
Forms as recorded in DODa, in its spelling.
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “bogos” but also “bogoss”, “bougous”, “bogosse” and “bougouss”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.