mghrour مغرور
Tunisian Derja · adjective
“mghrour” (مغرور) is an adjective in Tunisian Derja meaning arrogant, conceited.
Meanings
- arrogant, conceited
- overconfident
Usage
Mghrour describes someone full of themselves, who looks down on others or doesn't answer when spoken to. The word is very common for commenting on someone's behavior, especially celebrities on social media. One says 3amel rou7ou mghrour, "he's acting conceited". The feminine is mghroura and the plural mghrourin. The corresponding noun is el ghrour, "pride". Mghrour is pejorative, but not a crude insult. It is close to met3ajjeb or chayeh, the latter being more colloquial.
Example
ولّى مغرور برشا من نهار اللي شهر.
walla mghrour barcha men nhar elli chhor.
“He's become very conceited since he became famous.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “mghrour” but also “maghrour”, “maghror” and “mghror”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “mghrour” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “pretentious, vain”; “proud, haughty”: mghrour in Moroccan.