Browse African Slang

Hotspot (Internet sharing)

Hotspot (Internet sharing)

Point d'accès WiFi (WiFi hotspot)

Shares mobile hotspot

WiFi ya bure (Free WiFi)

Acheteur (Buyer)

Hotuba/mazungumzo ya umma (Speech/public talk)

An Afrikaans phrase meaning "Hold my drink." It's the local version of "Hold my beer," joking that you're about to do so...

Champion local (Local champion)

Neighborhood/hood

Neighborhood guys

Prêtre vodun (Vodun priest)

Partisan d'Houphouët-Boigny (Houphouët-Boigny supporter)

Sage, diplomate (Wise, diplomatic)

House (House)

House breaking - Burglary

Soek plek om te bly (Looking for place to stay)

Searches for houses

House husband (Stay-home man)

Casa casa (House house)

Tenant gathering/Residents meeting (House assembly)

Electronic dance music (Club music)

Home celebration (Domestic party)

Home celebration

Cultura de fiestas en casa (House party culture)

Accommodation fee (Rental payment)

Home-based store (Residential shop)

Kubuka indlu (Looking at house)

የቤት ምረቃ/የቤት ምረቃ (Yebet mireka) - house warming

New home party (Housewarming)

حوش (Courtyard)

Idea de cooperativa de vivienda (Housing cooperative idea)

Crise habitacional (Housing crisis)

Lotería de vivienda (Housing lottery)

مشاريع إسكان (Housing projects)

Fish

Hova / Free people

እንዴት/እንዴት (Endet) - how

How body? (How are you?)

Why?/Explain (How come?)

Casual greeting meaning "How are you?

How was your day? (How's the day?)

Casual greeting meaning “How are you?” (literally “How’s the body?”).

Slang phrase for “What time is it?” (common in Zambia to directly translate from local languages).

How is it?/What's the situation? (How's it going?)

How far? (How are you?)

How you dey?/What's up? (How are you?)

ስንት/ስንት (Sint) - how much

ይህ ስንት ነው/ይህ ስንት ነው (Yih sint new) - how much is this

አሁን እንዴት?/እንዴት ነህ? (How are you now?)