Browse African Slang

Dialecte Kaba (Kaba dialect)

Terminar curso (Finish course)

Précipitamment (Hastily)

Cabaça/Recipiente tradicional (Traditional gourd container)

A prisoner (someone who’s in jail).

Région du Nord-Ouest (Northwest region)

Sankolo fin, nuage (Sky cloth, cloud)

Discours traditionnel / Traditional speech

Chaussures traditionnelles (Traditional shoes)

ካባ/ካባ (Cloak)

كبير - المسؤول (Big one - the boss)

Short neat haircut style.

Cabelo trançado (Braided hair)

Cabeça dura (Hard head/Stubborn)

Dança do Carnaval (Carnival dance)

Kabichi/mboga kubwa (Cabbage/big vegetable)

Jamaa bita'ana (Our tribe/clan)

Chef, patron (Boss, chief) - référence politique devenue slang

Kabila/ukoo (Tribe/clan)

Ka ta...la, depuis (Since, from)

Big; elder

Kabisa/kikamilifu (Completely/totally)

Kabo (Distribution)

Soft shoes

Kabosy / Small guitar

Cabra vai morrer (Goat will die)

Batida forte / ritmo (Strong beat / rhythm)

Slang for a muscular guy or bodybuilder (named after Kabwata Gym in Lusaka, known for weightlifters).

Wake up/get up (Somali)

Traditional coat

Saladi ya nyanya na vitunguu (Tomato onion salad)

Nom générique, aussi nul (Generic name, also lame)

Cada vez (Each time)

Nothing; zero

A local street dance party/event.

Professional liar

Byakdib kiter (Liar)

Cadeado (Padlock)

Cadeira da escola (School desk)

Kadhaa/mambo mengine (Several/other things)

Liar

Kadi (White - Dioula)

Muso caman ta, ka namara kɛ ni bɛɛ ye (Taking many women, flirting with all)

Kidogo (Small)

O kae? (Where are you?/How are you?)

Expiation

Kafe/mahali pa kahawa (Cafe/coffee place)

Café torrado (Roasted coffee)

Bureaucratie absurde (Absurd bureaucracy)

Associação/Grupo Mandinka (Mandinka association/group)