Browse African Slang

Gol marcado (Goal scored)

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)

Gombo (Bribe)

Gombo (Okra)

Pot-de-vin, corruption (Bribe, corruption)

Gombé (Celebration dance)

Gomde (To speak/talk - Mooré)

ጎመን/ጎመን (Gomen) - collard greens

Homme efféminé (Effeminate man)

Scrub

Parfum (Perfume)

Or blanc (White gold - gum arabic)

Gomme arabique (Arabic gum)

Argent de la gomme arabique (Gum arabic money)

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)

Drunk or high

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

Good afternoon oh (Afternoon greeting)

Good bad (Mixed)

Good coming (Positive approaching)

Good counsel (Sound advice)

Regular buyer (Loyal customer)

غود إندينغ - نهاية جيدة (good ending)

Energia positiva (Positive energy)

Good evening oh (Evening greeting)

Good evil (Ethics)

Good girl gone bad - Innocent girl turned wild

Proper leadership (Good governance)

Bonne gouvernance pratiquée (Practiced good governance)

መልካም ዕድል/መልካም ዕድል (Melkam idil) - good luck

Fortune talisman/Lucky object (Lucky item)

እንደምን አደርክ/እንደምን አደርክ (Endemin aderk) - good morning (m)