Browse African Slang

Ballon (Ball)

Football à l'africaine (African-style football)

Football (Soccer)

Ballon, football (Ball, football)

Balo (Life - Dioula)

Viver em Mandinka (To live in Mandinka)

Árvore sagrada (Sacred tree)

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Baloi (Witchcraft)

بلوت (Card game)

Baloum naaba (Minister)

Thug or enforcer; originally meant axe-man, now refers to regime muscle who intimidate citizens - symbol of might over r...

ባልቲና/ባልቲና (Baltina) - second-hand market

Agitar / animar a festa (To shake up / liven up the party)

Baluwo le mu (It's a problem)

Maestro bailarín de balélé (Master balélé dancer)

Chef de guerre (War chief)

Reference to being sophisticated (from capital) (Origin: Bambara/Malian)

Bamako su ambiance, fasobara tulonw (Bamako night fun, capital entertainment)

Bamanankan kalan, apprendre bambara (Bambara study, learn Bambara)

Bamananw ka kan, langue bambara (Bambara people's language, Bambara)

Shika (Hold/catch)

Bambara nuts

Ambiance de Bambari (Bambari vibe)

Bambaŋ kuwo (Later thing/later)

Bambe (To want)

Please; poor thing

From Hausa, meaning a beggar. It's used for someone always asking for money or favors. To "do bambiala" is to go around ...

Bambin (Toddler)

Bami (Friend - Bamileke)

Bamia/mboga ya kuvimba (Okra/swelling vegetable)

Block/prohibit

Ban (To finish - Dioula)

Bana (Children)

Bana (Children)

Bana (Sickness - Dioula)

Kaka/ndugu (Bro/brother)

Enfants de Brazzaville (Children of Brazzaville)

Bana ba motho ba kgaogana tlhogo (Children share a head)

Enfants bandits (Child bandits) - Lingala

Children upon children

Children of peace

Mɔgɔ min bɛ bana sɔrɔ tuma bɛɛ (Someone who gets sick often)

Banane dessert (Dessert banana)

Banane à cuire (Plantain)

Oh my goodness in Ugandan

بنات - Girls

School desk

Insufficient desks

Nouvellement bancarisé (Newly banked)