Browse African Slang

Dull boy - Not smart person

Slow learner (Weak student)

Duma/mnyama wa mbio (Cheetah/running animal)

Very or extremely

Street vending or market in the street (also a famous phrase).

Cassava dumpling (Traditional food)

Olá em influência Tswana (Hello in Tswana influence)

Lumelang / Hello all (Greetings all)

دمب (Dump)

دمبستر فاير (Dumpster fire)

Nice butt

Intermittent power outage.

Dumsor activist - Power crisis protester

Dumuni (Food - Dioula)

Ka dumuni ke, manger (To do food, to eat)

Dance party or clubbing event.

Famous sand dune (Tourist spot)

Dune mouvante (Moving dune)

World; can mean situation or weather.

Duplicate or cheaper version

Maison à étages (Two-story house)

Durabilité de l'union (Union's durability)

Durabilité visée (Sustainability targeted)

Maharitra / Sustainable

Traditional festival/gathering (Cultural festival)

To wait for a long time (Origin: Wolof/Senegalese)

During time (While)

ዱሪዬ/ዱሪዬ (Wild/crazy person)

Dormir sesta (Sleep siesta)

Sem dinheiro (Without money)

Leave quickly / vanish.

Dust (Dust)

Dust allergy season - Harmattan health issues

Omumvulo (Whirlwind)

Dust season - Harmattan dusty period

Sand wind/Harmattan blow (Dust wind)

Drives in dusty conditions

አቧራ መሰብሰቢያ/አቧራ መሰብሰቢያ (Abura mesebsebiya) - dustpan

Dusukun kasi, ni mɔgɔ ye min kɛ, a bɛ to ka kasi (Heart cry, when someone does it, they keep crying)

Dusukun (Heart - Dioula)

Ngaphandle kwentela (Without tax)

Slang for a dumb or cowardly person (Northern Zimbabwe slang, possibly from “dirty”).

Duuru (Five - Dioula)

An African term starting with the prefix 'du', which commonly indicates a noun class in Bantu languages. The root 'wimoz...

Means to shower or bathe (from French douche). Commonly used by urban youth

Medicine

In African slang, Dwaal refers to a concept or object specific to local culture.

Another term for a stupid person, borrowed from older slang. Also mwere, zuzu mean the same.

Is Xhosa word to categorise Xhosa men abaculelwa uSomagwaza who went to Initiation school apart from boys & men from oth...

Dynasty (Family empire)