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How to say "To lock" in Moroccan Arabic

In Darija, "to lock" is skkr (سكّر), pronounced /SK-kr/.

4 words

سكّرskkr
to lock
قفلqfl
to lock
قفل البابqfl lbab
to lock the door
سدّ الباب بالساروتsdd lbab b ssarut
to lock the door

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In Darija, "to lock" is skkr (سكّر), pronounced /SK-kr/.

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 “to lock” 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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