Browse African Slang

موقف ذهبي (Golden attitude)

ذهب بربري (Berber gold jewelry)

ጎልድ ኮለክሽን - ኣካብ ወርቂ (Gold collection)

Gold digger (Money seeker)

حمى الذهب (Gold rush)

ጎልድ ሻይን - ብርሃን ወርቂ (Gold shine - Gold jewelry shine)

Precious metal work/Jewelry making (Gold craft)

Sales milestone (Success marker)

Référence absolue (Gold standard)

Golden child (Favorite child)

Wakati wa jua kupua (Sunset time)

فرصة ذهبية (Golden opportunity)

قولدن ييرز (Golden years)

Mito de años dorados (Golden years myth)

Golf ground/Club area (Golf facility)

Station radio privée (Private radio station)

Goli/alama (Goal/point)

عمل (Work)

Calebasse (Calabash)

Gol / objetivo alcançado (Goal / objective achieved)

Trendy coup d'état

Fashionable coup

Golo bonito (Beautiful goal)

Literally 'glue,' but slang for cheap, unbranded or generic things (like gom clothes = uncool outfits)

جمعة - Friday prayer

Literally “a hole” in Shona – slang for *extreme hunger (an empty “hole” in the stomach)*.

Gombiste (Corrupt person)

A French West/Central African slang for illicit earnings, side hustle money, or kickbacks. Literally 'okra,' but figurat...

Gombo (Okra)

Gombé (Celebration dance)

Gomde (To speak/talk - Mooré)

ጎመን/ጎመን (Collard greens)

Homme efféminé (Effeminate man)

Scrub

Parfum (Perfume)

Gomme arabique (Arabic gum)

Gompieno (Today)

ጎንደር/ጎንደር (Gondar) - castle city

“Let’s go wander” (literal from a folk song line), slang for going out with no specific plan. Usage: Bored? Endé, gonder...

Stereotype slang for someone from Gonder known to be proud/traditional (like saying “redneck” jokingly). Usage: He insis...

Distrito de Gondola (Gondola district)

Exaspérer (To annoy)

Instrument métallique (Metal instrument)

Pombe ya kilimo (Agricultural alcohol)

Gongwe (Maybe)

Gonne (Because)

Gonré (Bean cakes)

A fake product or a scam; also used as a verb *to trick or cheat*.

Goo-Moremi (Gorge)

Clean place