Browse African Slang

Relax/Cool off (Calm down)

To be able to; will (future tense)

Can go am (Expression)

Fed up/Frustrated (Had enough)

Local rum/Spirit (Sugar cane liquor)

Vehicle/Automobile (Car)

Show concern (Care for others)

Take (someone or something somewhere); give a ride

Bring here (Carry come)

Transport/Bear (Carry it)

Be lucky; have good fortune

Means 'give me a ride' (carry in a car). Also, 'carry' is used for taking someone/something along.

Root crop field (Cassava plantation)

Traditional dish (Cassava leaves stew)

Informal clothes (Relaxed attire)

Temporary job (Part-time)

Find out/Discover cheating (Catch in act)

Exchange currency (Convert money)

Help starts family (Charity begins at home)

Pursue romantically (Court)

Exclamation of shock or strong disapproval

Gossip; rumor

Like someone/Have feelings (Interested in)

Look at this (Check it)

Jollof rice variant (Party rice)

Poultry/Bird meat (Chicken)

Small money/Coins (Petty cash)

Consequences arrive (Chickens roost)

Select/Decide (Choose it)

To throw (an object); also to hit

Congregation members (Fellow churchgoers)

Student leader/Prefect (Class leader)

Sanitary neighborhood (Clean area)

Final sale/Discount (Clearance sale)

Colleague/Workmate (Co-worker)

Charcoal stove/Cooking (Traditional cooker)

Coffee plantation (Coffee grove)

Leftover food (Yesterday's food)

Cool period/Harmattan (Cold weather)

Figuratively, 'peace offering'. To 'give someone cold water to drink' means to appease them and cool their anger.

Leafy vegetable (Collard greens)

Style hair/Groom (Hair grooming)

Hurry/Please (Come on)

Success/Rise up (Come up)

Public transport (Shared vehicle)

Puzzled/Mixed up (Confused)

Historic area/Neighborhood (Congo Town)

To gossip; to spread rumors

Ongoing education (Lifelong learning)

Advance payment (Down payment)