Browse African Slang

Dikgobe (Samp and beans)

Dikgomo (Cattle)

Dikgosi (Chiefs)

Western region

Dikhwaere (Choir)

Mais velho / ancião (Elder / old person)

حلقة ذكر (Remembrance circle)

Dilo (Things)

"Nice things / good life."

Always

Dimanche (Sunday - day off)

Pessoa livre/nobre Fula (Free/noble Fula person)

Dimi kɛ mɔgɔ ye, faire mal (Do pain to someone, to hurt)

سأذهب (I will go)

Dinaka (Reed dance)

Dinaledi (Stars)

دينار (Dinar / money)

Algerian currency

Beans / Linaoa

A playful way to say 'money,' blending dinheiro (Portuguese) with an extra 'i'. Often used in street talk

ድንጋይ/ድንጋይ (Dingay) - stone/rock

المال، النقود (Money, cash)

Fou (Nuts)

Dingue (Crazy - amazing)

Denmisɛn, den fitinin (Child, small child)

Air money

Ghost money

Dream money

Wind money

Dini/imani (Religion/faith)

Dini za nchi (Country religions)

Skinny jeans (tight pants).

Dinko (Noses)

Dinku (Sheep)

Dinner (Dinner)

የእራት ቀጠሮ/የእራት ቀጠሮ (Yerat ketero) - dinner date

Evening meal event (Formal dinner)

Evening meal arrangement (Night food)

دينر رومانتيك - عشاء رومانسي (romantic dinner)

Dinonyane (Birds)

Entreprise dépassée (Outdated company) - metaphor

A casual Setswana/Sotho slang greeting meaning "What's happening?" or "How are things?" It's like asking "What's up?" am...

Si Dios quiere (God willing)

Funk dioula (Dioula funk)

Poone e halikiloeng / Roasted maize

Lithoto / Lintho tse mpe (Nonsense / Bad things)

Dipelo (Kidneys)

Diphalane (October)

Dipheko (Traditional doctor fees)

Diphilo (Lungs)