African Slang Words Starting With "H"

Trabadju adisionál (Trabalho adicional) (Overtime)

Emploi du temps souple (Flexible schedule)

Horário puxado (Tough schedule)

Nouvel horizon (New horizon)

Open horizon

Promise horizon

Horloger (Watchmaker)

ሆርን ፕራይድ - ኩርዓት ቀርኒ (Horn pride - Horn of Africa)

Horon (Noble/free - Dioula)

ሆረር/ሆረር (Horror) - horror

رعب - Horror

Offline

No coverage

Bateau rapide (Speedboat)

Entrée (Appetizer)

Offside

Criminel (Outlaw)

Exceptionnel (Exceptional)

En dehors (Off-piste)

Édition spéciale (Special edition)

First of all/by the way

Subsistence farming

Urban garden

Tempu markadu (Tempo marcado) (Schedule)

A casual greeting meaning “hello” or “hey” (slang used in townships).

Hosana (Church dance)

Hosasa / Tomorrow (Tomorrow)

Ho sebetsa haholo / To sebetsa a lot

A colloquial greeting similar to "hello" or "yo," particularly used in some urban/township circles (notably Cape Flats s...

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Chefe, líder em changana (Chief, leader in Changana)

Client (Customer)

Logar fiká (Lugar ficar) (Accommodation)

Medical center/Clinic (Hospital)

Sepetlele / Bookelo (Hospital / Healing place)

Centro médico (Medical center)

Hospital (Hospital)

ሆስፒታል/ሆስፒታል (Hospital)

Mustashfa (Medical center)

Hospital (Medical center)

Hospital (Hospital)

Hospital privado caro (Expensive private hospital)

Kungena esibhedlela (Entering hospital)

Estrategia de evitar hospital (Hospital avoidance strategy)

Hospital principal/público (Main/public hospital)

Waiting hospital

Decent hospital

Waiting hospital

Slaughterhouse hospital

Modernisation hôpital complète (Complete hospital modernization)