Browse African Slang

Traffic police with a speed radar (speed trap officer) (Origin: Chichewa slang)

Corruption; embezzlement" (Chichewa)

Koma kwambiri / Kwambiri zedi (Very much / extremely)

Kuyesa / Kuyesera mwayi (To try / take a chance)

To swipe or take slyly without permission" (Chichewa slang)

Kuba / Kupanga zachinyengo (To steal / cheat)

Kucheza / Kuyenda ukuwerenga (To play around / waste time)

Kulankhula / Kuyankhula (To speak / talk)

Kunyoza / Kuchita manyazi (To embarrass / humiliate)

Kukhala osauka / Kusowa zinthu (To be poor / lack things)

Kukhala wotanganidwa / Kugwira ntchito (To be busy / work)

Kupeza ndalama / Kupanga ndalama (To make money / earn cash)

Kuchita mwachangu / Kufulumira (To do quickly / hurry)

Kuchita nsanje / Kusilira (To be jealous / envious)

Kunamizira / Kubisala (To pretend / act fake)

Kukonza zochitika / Kukonzekera (To arrange activities / prepare)

Kupempha nawo / Kukopa (To beg / ask persistently)

Kuyesetsa / Kulimbana (To try hard / struggle)

Kuchoka mwanzeru / Mochenjerera (To leave cleverly / carefully)

Kusiya ntchito / Kusiya udindo (To quit job / leave position)

Kudalira / Kukhala ndi chikhulupiriro (To trust / have faith)

Kupeza njira yaifupi / Kuchenjera (To find shortcut / be clever)

Kuchoka / Kuthawa (To leave / escape)

Kupeza njira yachidule / Kuchenjera (To find a shortcut / be clever)

Kuchoka / Kuthawa (To leave / escape)

Kulowa njira yachangu / Kuchenjera (To take shortcut / be smart)

Kupambana mayeso / Kuchita bwino (To pass exam / do well)

Kuipitsidwa kulumikiza / Pamakina (To be poisoned connection / machines)

Kusokonezedwa makina / Mochuluka (To be disturbed machines / many)

Kunyengedwa mayina / Amakina (To be deceived names / machines)

Kugwiritsa zithunzi / Zoyenda (To use GIFs / moving)

Kulandira mphotho / Yaikulu (To receive award / big)

Kulephera kwambiri / Kutaya (To fail badly / lose)

Kutuluka mu VM / Mosaloledwa (To exit VM / unauthorized)

Kugwiritsa WiFi / Kulumikiza (To use WiFi / connect)

Kusowa ntchito / Kawirikawiri (To miss work / frequently)

Kumvetsera mawu / Amakina (To listen sounds / machines)

Kukhala ndi mdani / Wosatha (To have enemy / persistent)

Kuchita zadama / Kubisa (To do secretly / hide)

Kukondana osiyana / Zaka (To love different / years)

Kutsatira dongosolo / La makina (To follow system / of machines)

Kulandira ndalama / Kupatsidwa (To receive money / be given)

Kuthandiza kuyamba / Ndalama (To help start / money)

Kuyezedwa ntchito / Kagwirire (To be measured work / performance)

Kulandira ndalama / Yophunzira (To receive money / learning)

Kuphunzira ntchito / Ndi manja (To learn work / with hands)

Kukwatiwa / Mosadziwa (To be married / not knowing)

Kulandira zotsatira / Zakufufuza (To receive results / investigation)

Kukwatira autumn / Lokongoletsa (To marry autumn / beautifying)

Kuphunzitsa anthu / Zinthu (To teach people / things)