Browse African Slang

Emploi recherché (Job sought)

Emploi créé (Job created)

Jobs/Work (Employment)

Plein emploi atteint (Achieved full employment)

Employé (Employee)

Travailleur (Employee)

Dar poder (Empowerment)

Local empowerment

Strengthen females (Empower women)

Autonomisation (Empowerment)

Autonomisation des femmes (Women's empowerment)

Programme d'autonomisation (Empowerment program)

WhatsApp entrepreneur

Forced entrepreneur

Survival entrepreneur

Decent job

Mirage job

Dream job

Dian-karbaona / Carbon footprint

Impact environnemental (Ecological footprint)

Ghost company

Flip-flop entrepreneur

Argent emprunté (Borrowed money)

Emprunt demandé (Loan requested)

Dinheiro emprestado (Loan)

Tupu (Empty)

Talkative person with no substance (All talk)

Empty empty (Completely empty)

Empty nest (Children left home)

Ajudar carro sem bateria (To push-start a car)

إمتى؟ - When?

امتحان - امتحان (Exam)

Early

En bas (Down/downstairs)

Literally 'a good bit.' Used to mean 'a lot' or 'plenty.' A common Creole quantifier in informal speech

A uniquely Guinean French expression meaning 'if need be' or 'if the case arises.' Often used instead of 'au cas échéant...

Dans une relation (In a relationship)

En haut (Up/upstairs)

Online

Dans le style de (In the mode of)

Late

French for 'in any case,' but Guineans use it often as a filler or to emphasize certainty. It can start or end statement...

Vers l'avant (Forward)

Là-bas (Over there)

Sous, inférieur (Below, inferior)

Haut de page (Header)

A Creole phrase meaning 'there's a problem here' or 'things are messed up'. Literally bézé came from 'beating,' but now ...

እናትህ ቤት/እናትህ ቤት (Your mother's house)

Supporter (To endure)

Combinar bem como casal (To match well as a couple)