Browse African Slang

Burkindlum (Young Burkinabé)

Burma Camp soldier - Military personnel

To clear and burn a field (slash-and-burn farming)

Épuisement professionnel (Burnout)

Bit or stung (by insect/animal)

In Zimbabwe's financial slang, 'burning money' referred to exploiting currency arbitrage during hyperinflation. People w...

Exchanging currency

Traditional cloak

Esgotamento (Exhaustion)

Burnout/exhaustion

منع الإرهاق (Burnout prevention)

بيرناوت ريل - احتراق وظيفي حقيقي (real burnout)

Survival burnout

Épuisement évité (Avoided burnout)

Burpee / Burpee

Pouco inteligente (Stupid)

Burro (Donkey/Stupid)

Lusito lwekufundza (Study assistance)

Catch cheating/Expose (Reveal)

Means 'to be broke.' E.g. 'I burst now' = I have no money left.

Confuse me/Puzzle (Confuse)

Faransimɔgɔ dumuni, pain (French people food, bread)

Fiɲɛ ni bɔgɔ, vent et poussière (Wind and dust, dust storm)

Divertissement (Entertainment)

Village entertainment

Modern entertainment

Burundi bwacu (Our Burundi)

Bury hatchet (End conflict)

Transport en commun (Bus)

Bus (Bus)

Bus (Public transport)

Bus/minibus (Bus)

Bus attendu (Bus awaited)

Bus bondé (Crowded bus)

باص كاوس - فوضى الحافلة (bus chaos)

Owns bus company

Bus en retard (Late bus)

Indlela ye-bus (Bus way)

ባስ ስቴሽን ካኦስ - ሕውስዋስ ባስ ጣብያ (Bus station chaos)

Transit point/Station (Bus stop)

Times bus arrivals

Sueño de sistema de buses (Bus system dream)

ባስ ተርሚናል/ባስ ተርሚናል (Bus terminal) - bus terminal

Bus du peuple (People's bus)

Ask or question.

Pombe ya kienyeji (Traditional beer)

Pombe ya mtama (Millet beer)

Oferenda Papel (Papel offering)

Busara/hekima (Wisdom/intelligence)

Great wisdom