kol blasa كل بلاصة
Moroccan Darija · expression
“kol blasa” (كل بلاصة) is an expression in Moroccan Darija meaning everywhere.
Meanings
- everywhere
- every place
Usage
Kol blasa is the most common way of saying "everywhere" in Moroccan Arabic. It is often used with the preposition f: f kol blasa ("in every place, everywhere"). The word blasa comes from Spanish plaza and is fully integrated into darija. Without f, the expression can also mean "every place": kol blasa w ta9alidha ("every place has its customs"). It belongs to the colloquial and neutral register. Its more formal equivalents, kol mkan or kol mawdi3, sound closer to Standard Arabic.
Example
قلبت عليه فكل بلاصة.
qlebt 3lih f kol blasa.
“I looked for him everywhere.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kol blasa” but also “koul blasa”, “kol plasa”, “kol blassa” and “kul blasa”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kol blasa” on the Arabic keyboard
In Algerian Darja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “everywhere”; “every place”: kol blasa in Algerian.
In Tunisian Derja
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “everywhere, in every place”; “every place”: kol blasa in Tunisian.