African Slang Words Starting With "A"

Ano novo (New Year)

Ano passado (Last year)

قلق - Anxiety

Kuvetseka (Being anxious)

انزايتي (Anxiety)

Worry/Nervousness (Mental stress)

Anxiété (Anxiety)

Wasiwasi (Anxiety)

Angs (Worry disorder)

Atak panik (Anxiety attack)

Inquiet (Anxious)

Worried

Worried (Anxious)

Anxiety

Anxiété contrôlée (Managed anxiety)

Whatever way/Careless (Any way)

Any place (Anywhere)

Any time (Whenever)

Whenever/Flexible (Anytime)

إيني بيرسنت ران - أي نسبة إكمال (any completion percentage)

Young men

City boys; streetwise youths (literally “boys of the town”) (Origin: Chichewa slang)

Anyhow (Any way)

Sable (Sand)

Anyone (Whoever)

Anything (Whatever)

انيثنق از بوسبل (Anything is possible)

Filler that Ugandans use a lot to change topic or end a story.

Anywhere (Any place)

Nossos amigos em sena (Our friends in Sena)

Ganxu di piska (Gancho de pesca) (Fish hook)

Desconhecido (Anonymous, unknown)

12 horas (At noon)

Oh no! (expression of surprise or concern) (Origin: Setswana)

God (God)

Aos poucos (Little by little)

Cha/akunjalo (No/not like that)

Slang pronunciation of “upper” meaning high quality or fancy.

Ficar muito bêbado (To get very drunk)

Korta luiz (Cortar luz) (Blackout)

Ficar apaixonado (To fall in love)

Yoruba percussion music (Yoruba percussion music)

Pegar transporte (To catch transport)

Apara (Dress/Wear)

Mostrar-se (To appear)

አፓርትመንት/አፓርትመንት (Apartment) - apartment

Apartment (Apartment)

أبارتمنت هانتينغ - البحث عن شقة (apartment hunting)

Abri traditionnel (Traditional shelter)

Racist dig = huge no-no