African Slang Words Starting With "H"

Bonne habitude (Good habit)

هبلة - Silly/Stupid (mild)

Bint helwa (Beautiful girl)

Habibti (My love - female)

Habibti al ghaliya (My dear love - female)

Habibi (My love - male)

Habub (Dust storm)

Habibi al ghaali (My dear love)

الحبوس - الأحباس (traditional market)

Période Habré

Prison or detention; threat that hangs over dissent - 'habs' can mean actual jail or metaphorical imprisonment of societ...

ሃብታም/ሃብታም (Habtam) - wealthy person

Ples we ship de stɔp → Place where ships stop

Usar conexiones para conseguir algo (Use connections to get something)

هاك - Hack

To break into system illegally (To break into system illegally)

هاك (Hack)

Hack (To manage/survive)

Hack/cheat

Marathon programmation (Hackathon)

Amarushanwa ya code (Coding competition)

Invadir sistema (To hack)

Trapaceiro no jogo (Game cheater)

هاكر - Hacker

“This is too much/excessive.”. Usage: 7 homework assignments? Had chi bizzaf, the teacher is crazy.

So then

Blacksmith

Hadadahiya (Hadadahiya)

هدف - Goal

Sweet talk (Somali)

Speech is gold (Somali saying)

Now (Somali)

Before now/earlier

Just now

Haddad (Blacksmith)

Therefore/so

ሓደ - ገለ ሰብ፣ ብሉጽ (One - Someone cool)

Bird wake-up call | Voël wekker

هادي - Calm

Hadid (Iron - strong)

Qabila fi sharq (Eastern tribe)

هدرة (Talk / gossip)

Hadi (Guide)

Calm/quiet

“That’s what I’m saying!” (agreement). Usage: Exactly, hadi goulya – we should boycott that expensive cafe.

Means “that’s it” or “that’s the one.” Used when something exactly hits the mark.

“This is an issue,” used to indicate something is serious or a big <a href="/word/<a href="/word/deal" class="internal-l...

“That’s work,” said when something requires effort or is a tough situation. Usage: Waking up at 5 for practice, hadi khd...

“It’s like…” used to draw a funny comparison. Usage: He’s glued to his phone hadi kima a teenager in love.

Literally “one hour,” slang meaning “a while” or “ages.”. Usage: I’ve been waiting hadi sa3a for the bus, where is it?