Browse African Slang

Perpetually promised infrastructure

Poverty strategist

Estrela (Star)

Guide star

Province de Libreville (Libreville province)

Aprender / preparar-se (To study / prepare)

If a song or trend “is hitting,” meaning it’s very popular. Usage: Esse estilo novo de dance hall tá bater nas rádios. (...

Literally “it’s pecking,” meaning something is trending or banging (like a song).

Período de preparação (Preparation period)

Unpaid work disguised as training

Você está errado (You're wrong)

Local de gravação musical (Music recording place)

Performs at initiations

Épargne tournante (Rotating savings)

Melela i-Eswatini (Represent Eswatini)

Umoya wase-Eswatini kuphela (Eswatini mood only)

اتقمر - Become beautiful like moon

اتعسل - Become sweet like honey

Ça te regarde (It's looking at you)

Market stall

Esiku in Oshiwambo / day (Day)

እቴ/እህቴ (My sister)

Axe/Tool (Implement)

Eternamente adelante moviendo (Eternally moving forward)

École (School)

اتفركس - Get destroyed

Ethereum / Ethereum

Ara-pitondran-tena / Ethical

Consommation éthique (Ethical consumption)

اثيكال فاشن (Ethical fashion)

اثيكال شوبنق (Ethical shopping)

ኢትዮ ጃዝ/ኢትዮ ጃዝ (Ethiopian jazz)

ኢትዮጵያ/ኢትዮጵያ (Ethiopia) - Ethiopia

ኢትዮጵያ ቡና/ኢትዮጵያ ቡና (Ethiopia Bunna) - football club

ኢትዮጵያን ኮሚዩኒቲ/የኢትዮጵያ ማህበረሰብ (Ethiopian community)

ኢትዮጵያዊ ኪንግ/የኢትዮጵያ ንጉስ (Ethiopian king)

የኢትዮጵያ ሯጮች/የኢትዮጵያ ሯጮች (Ethiopian runners)

የኢትዮጵያ ሰዓት/የኢትዮጵያ ሰዓት (Ethiopian time)

Mélange ethnique (Ethnic blend)

Moni bwanji / Kumalo (Hello how / greeting)

A term from African languages referring to cultural concepts or everyday objects.

اتنيل - Get messed up

Two (Arabic-French counting)

Eto an-tany / Here on earth

Nous sommes ici / We are here

Etoudi (Presidential palace)

Demain (Tomorrow)

Après-demain (Day after tomorrow)

Études en ligne (Online studies)

Les études (Studies)