Browse African Slang

Fighting center/Combat training (Boxing center)

Boy (Househelp/junior)

Boy (Househelp/junior)

Mvulana (Boy child)

Jovem urbano moderno (Modern urban youth)

Boy girl (All children)

Boy town (City boy - sometimes mocking)

Boy yi ñoo ngi fii (The boys are here)

Quartier Boy-Rabe (Boy-Rabe area)

Patron (Boss)

Boicote organizado (Organized boycott)

Faible, mou (Weak, soft)

ቦይፍሬንድ/ቦይፍሬንድ (Boyfriend) - boyfriend

Mpenzi wa kiume (Male lover)

Petit ami du quartier (Neighborhood boyfriend)

بويز نايت (Boys night)

Boys quarters - Servant quarters/small apartment

Réussir à immigrer (To successfully immigrate)

ቦዘና/ቦዘና (Bozena) - dried meat in shiro

Jɛgɛlaw, Somono, ba kɔrɔmɔgɔw (Fishermen, Somono, river people)

Stupidité (Stupidity) - Lingala

La stupidité est arrivée (Stupidity has arrived)

Monna ea moholo metseng / OG (Big man in the hood / OG)

Bozza (Boss)

ملهى ليلي (Nightclub)

Discothèque avec air conditionné (Air-conditioned nightclub)

Trano mandihy / Nightclub

Stay well/goodbye

Bra Share definition The Swedish word for “good”. “Yo Jacob, how are you today?”“Bra”“Bro what the fuck is wrong with yo...

Bra (Brother/Bro)

Friend / buddy.

Bra ha (Come here) - Come to this place

Bra mu (Come inside) - Invitation to enter

Literally 'go, soul,' it's a less vulgar Libyan way to say 'Get out of here!'. Essentially telling someone to scram with...

Ukosa inyama / Ukwenza inyama (Barbecue / Making meat)

Barbecue / social cookout.

A barbecue grill or the act of grilling meat socially. In Namibian youth culture, to braai is an essential weekend activ...

Braai (BBQ)

Sebaka sa mollo / Fire place

Saturday BBQ tradition (Weekend barbecue)

Expert met braai maak (Expert at making BBQ)

BBQ meat selection (Grill package)

Onyama yokupya / BBQ meat (Barbecue meat)

Perfect BBQ conditions (Grilling climate)

A playful term for money pooled together for a barbecue (braai). Friends might say "bring braai-bucks" meaning contribut...

Means “please” (informal request).

إسورة - Bracelet

Bijou de poignet (Wrist jewelry)

Poaching

Colloquial for “brother” (like *mano* or *broda*).