Browse African Slang

Suddenly or out of the blue.

Traditional oboe

Wrong; mistake

Winner/dominant

Precious/expensive

غالي - Expensive

Local cocoa products (National chocolate)

Being late/African time (Lateness culture)

Ghana must go bag - Checkered plastic bag

Local grain/Domestic rice (National rice)

Ghana we dey - We are in Ghana

Rich person

Ghanzi (Town/District)

غرقة (Drowning / sinking)

غرام - Passion/Romance

Big expense

غرب (West)

Sieve

غريب (Stranger / outsider)

Cheat

غشاش (Cheater)

Mtu mbaya (Useless person)

غاسول سيتي - مدينة الغاسول (clay city)

غاسول سبا - منتجع الغاسول (clay spa)

غات (Ghat city)

Fond of / into something.

غيلة (Afternoon nap)

غيم - Clouds

غيور (Jealous / possessive)

غزل (Sweet talk / flirtation)

غضبان - Angry

Soda/soft drink

Dust

غدا، غداء (Lunch)

غدا مع الفاميليا - غداء مع العائلة (lunch with family)

غدا، غداً (Tomorrow)

غيرة - Jealousy

Wink

غنّا، غناء (Singing, to sing)

غيرة - Jealousy

Ghetto (Ghetto/poor area)

Ghetto (Poor neighborhood)

Star du quartier populaire (Ghetto star)

Kutoka maskini hadi utajiri (From poverty to wealth)

Jeune du ghetto (Ghetto youth)

Grosse radio (Big radio)

Just/only

Saharan wind

Just/only

Jealous