How do you say "hospital" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "hospital" is "sbitar" (سبيطار), pronounced /sbi-TAR/.

How do you say "hospital stay" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "hospital stay" is "iqama" (إقامة), pronounced /i-QA-ma/.

How do you say "hospitality" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "hospitality" is "dyyafa" (ضيافة), pronounced /dy-YA-fa/. Sacred in Morocco. Turning away a guest brings shame.

How do you say "hospital (formal)" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "hospital (formal)" is "msttshfa" (مستشفى), pronounced /ms-TTSH-fa/.

How do you say "hospital ER" in Moroccan Arabic?

In Darija (Moroccan Arabic), "hospital ER" is "urgences dyal sbiitar" (أورجونس ديال السبيطار), pronounced /ur-JONS dyal sbi-TAR/.

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How to say "Hospital" in Moroccan Arabic

In Darija, "hospital" is sbitar (سبيطار), pronounced /sbi-TAR/.

20 words

سبيطارsbitar/sbi-TAR/

hospital

إقامةiqama/i-QA-ma/

hospital stay

ضيافةdyyafa/dy-YA-fa/

hospitality

مستشفىmsttshfa/ms-TTSH-fa/

hospital (formal)

أورجونس ديال السبيطارurgences dyal sbiitar/ur-JONS dyal sbi-TAR/

hospital ER

نمرة ديال السبيطارnmra dyal sbittar/nm-RA dyal s-bi-TTAR/

hospital number

ديافة مغربيةdiyafa mghribiya/di-YA-fa mgh-RI-bi-ya/

Moroccan hospitality

واش كاين سبيطار قريب؟wash kayn sbitar qrib?/WASH KAYN SBITAR QRIB?/

hospital nearby?

ضيافةdiffa/DIF-fa/

feast/hospitality

السبيتار فين؟sbitar fin?/sbi-TAR FIN/

where's hospital?

فين كاين السبيطار؟fin kayn sbittar?/fin KAYN s-bi-TTAR/

where's the hospital?

سبيطار كبيرsbiitar kbir/sbi-TAR k-BIR/

large hospital

سبيطار خاصsbiitar khass/sbi-TAR KHASS/

private hospital

سبيطار عموميsbiitar 3mumi/sbi-TAR 3mu-MI/

public hospital

سبيطار عموميsbitar 3umumi/sbi-TAR 3u-MU-mi/

public hospital

سبيطار خاصّsbitar khasss/sbi-TAR KHASSS/

private hospital

سبيطار مولاي يوسفsbitar mawlay youssef/SBITAR MAWLAY YOUSSEF/

Moulay Youssef Hospital

واش كاين سبيطار خاص قريب؟wash kayn sbitar khass qrib?/wash KAYN SBITAR KHASS QRIB/

private hospital nearby?

شكراً على الديافةshshkran 3la l diyafa/SHSHKRAN 3LA L DIYAFA/

thanks for hospitality

مستشفى جامعيmstashfa jam3i/MSTASHFA JAM3I/

teaching hospital

7 phrases

خاصني نمشي ل السبيطار

Khasni nmshi l sbitar

/khas-NI NM-shi l sbi-TAR/

I need to go to the hospital

Je dois aller à l'hôpital

بغيت نمشي للسبيطار

Bghit nmshi l sbitar

/bghit nm-SHI l sbi-TAR/

I need to go to the hospital

Je dois aller à l'hôpital

شكراً على الديافة ديالكم!

Shshkran 3la ddiyafa dyalkum!

/shk-RAN 3la d-DI-ya-fa dyal-KUM/

Thanks for your hospitality!

Merci pour votre hospitalité!

شكراً على الديافة!

Shshkran 3la ddiyafa!

/shk-RAN 3la d-DI-ya-fa/

Thanks hospitality!

Merci hospitalité!

فين أقرب سبيطار؟

Fin aqrab sbitar?

/fin AQ-rab sbi-TAR/

Nearest hospital?

Hôpital proche?

هاد الديافة المغربية شي حاجة!

Had ddiyafa mghribiya shi 7aja!

/had d-DI-ya-fa mgh-RI-bi-ya shi 7A-ja/

Moroccan hospitality is something!

Hospitalité marocaine incroyable!

فين أقرب أوبيتال خاصي؟

Fin aqrab hopital khassi?

/fin AQ-rab o-pi-TAL khas-SI/

Nearest private hospital?

Hôpital privé proche?

About this word in Darija

In Darija, "hospital" is sbitar (سبيطار), pronounced /sbi-TAR/.

Darija (الدارجة) is Moroccan Arabic — the everyday spoken language of 40 million Moroccans. Unlike Modern Standard Arabic, it's rarely written down and draws heavily on French, Spanish, and Amazigh vocabulary. Learning how to say “hospital” the way Moroccans actually say it — with the right pronunciation, register, and cultural context — is the difference between sounding like a textbook and sounding like you belong.

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