moro
Meanings
Noun
1. a Moor (member of the Islamic people of Arab or Amazigh origin who ruled most of the Iberian Peninsula and parts of North Africa between the 8th and 15th centuries) (historical)
2. a Moroccan (Spain, now usually derogatory or offensive, derogatory)
3. an Arab (Spain, now usually derogatory or offensive, derogatory)
4. a Muslim, usually from the Maghreb (Spain, now usually derogatory or offensive, derogatory)
5. one of the Moro Muslims of the Philippines (especially from the Bangsamoro region of Mindanao) (Philippines)
Examples3
No se puede tener el oro y el moro.
You cannot eat your cake and keep it.
Déjenme ver si hay moros en la costa.
Let me check if the coast is clear.
Me costó el oro y el moro sacarme el carné de conducir.
I had to go through hell and high water to get my driver's licence.