Browse African Slang

Frapper, cogner (To hit, knock)

Bundi/mtu mvivu (Owl/lazy person)

MB za internet (Internet data)

Ema-special e-data (Data specials)

Bundle finish - When internet data is exhausted

Impilo yema-bundle (Bundle life)

Rural area / sticks.

Slang for driving or trekking through rough, bushy terrain (the bundu = the bush/wild). It evokes off-roading adventures...

Kongo religious movement

Bunduki/mtu mkali (Gun/dangerous person)

A term from African languages referring to cultural concepts or everyday objects.

Island parliament

Mkutano wa raia (Citizens' assembly)

Casa fortificada / mansão (Fortified house / mansion)

ቡና/ቡና (Coffee)

Brown (Somali)

Bunny chow (Curry in bread)

A dish that originated in Durban, but can now be bought all across South Africa. It consists of a half or quarter loaf o...

A South African street food classic from Durban: a hollowed-out half (or quarter) loaf of bread filled with curry. Despi...

Umoya we-bunny chow (Bunny chow mood)

Girlfriend / bae (colloquial).

Fresh flour (Somali) - grain seller's call

Women's poetry/dance (Somali)

Never-fixed pothole

Bureau/office (Office)

Bureau (Office - French)

Bureau (Office - from French)

Bureau/office (Office)

Employé de bureau (Office worker)

Bureau chaud (Hot office)

Bureau avec AC

Bureau de change (Exchange office) - French

Bureau de liaison (Liaison office)

Centre voting (Voting center)

Office mines (Mining office)

Bureau-tʋʋma (Office work)

بيروكراسي (Bureaucracy)

ቢዩሮክራሲ ሜዝ - ምድንጋር ቢሮክራሲ (Bureaucracy maze)

Laberinto burocrático (Bureaucracy maze)

Doctorado en navegación burocrática (Bureaucracy navigation PhD)

Bureaucracy

Pronounced bag, means to steal (as a verb) or can refer to an act of thievery

برجر - Burger

Hambúrguer (Hamburger)

Hamburgueria (Burger place)

I-alarm yemasela (Thief alarm)

Buri gihe (Every time - always)

An African term starting with the prefix 'bu', which commonly indicates a noun class in Bantu languages. The root 'rixud...

Burkina Faso Day (National Day)

Burkina n sõng tõe (Burkina stands united)