African Slang Words Starting With "C"

Célébration de mariage (Marriage celebration)

Célébration traditionnelle (Traditional celebration)

Célébrité (Celebrity)

Personne connue (Celebrity)

Cérémonie (Ceremony)

Cérémonie ancestrale (Ancestral ceremony)

Rite de passage (Initiation ceremony)

Fête moisson (Harvest ceremony)

Cérémonie respectée (Respected ceremony)

Cérémonie réussie (Successful ceremony)

Cérémonie importante (Important ceremony)

C-section

Protective sky

Linguagem secreta entre amigos (Secret language between friends)

Mixed code

Code switch master

Morontsiraka / Coast

Atsinanana / East coast

Andrefana / West coast

Développement ivoirien (Ivorian development)

Fo / Malala (Heart / Love)

Dusukun, kanuya yɔrɔ (Heart, place of love)

Cœur (Heart)

Amour (Love)

Attachement au Bénin (Heart in country)

Cœur battant (Beating heart)

Fo malagasy / Malagasy heart

Cœur-brisé (Heartbroken)

Sira min bɛ cɛw bolo, cɛya sira (Man's path, the way of manhood)

Cɛw ka cogoya, masculinité (Men's way, masculinity)

French for “it’s good,” adopted in Darija to mean “enough” or “stop.”

Literally “it’s spoiled/rotten,” Togolese use this phrase to say “it’s messed up” or “things are getting bad.”

Health center

Excuse me friend

Intensified emotion - aad u cabsi

Intensified emotion - darajada ugu cabsi

Fear and hope together

Great fear

Intensified emotion - xad dhaaf cabsi

Assento móvel para deficientes (Wheelchair)

Livro de anotações (Notebook)

Anger that has heated up

Much complaining, expressing sadness

Máquina de calcular (Calculator)

Peça masculina curta (Shorts)

Área premium (Premium area)

Torneio esportivo (Sports tournament)

Acampar (Camping)

Cultura do cancelar (Cancel culture)

Kurambwa neveruzhinji (Rejected by society)