Browse African Slang

Crise pegou (Crisis hit)

Krismasi/sikukuu ya Kikristo (Christmas/Christian holiday)

حياة القصر (Ksar life)

Write

A lot/much (Arabic-French)

Death

Good counsel prevents mistakes

Ku bw'ukuri (In truth - honestly)

Success requires sacrifice

Repeat it

Work hard on

Add to it

From Nyanja meaning “to eat well,” <a href="/word/slang" class="internal-link" title="View definition of Slang">slang</a...

Happy with/pleased

Happy with/about

Phrase meaning “up to you” or your problem.

Ku isoko (At the market)

Excited about

Ku kiyaga (At the lake)

Remember those who help you

Who informed you?

Return to

In the suburbs or posh residential areas (literally “at the yards”).

<a href="/word/slang" class="internal-link" title="View definition of Slang">Slang</a> for a bar (as in a place <a href=...

Means “all good” or “hundred percent” (as in *I’m feeling like a million bucks*). (Origin: Tsotsitaal)

Ku mugongo (On the back - burden)

Ku mugongo umwe (On one back - together)

Ku mugoroba (In the evening)

Ku muhanda (On the road)

Ku munsi (During the day)

Ku musozi (On the hill - in public)

Ku mutwe (On the head - as priority)

Ku ntonde (At the spring/water source)

Satisfied with

Enjoy/relax with

It's tough / difficult.

Ku rubanza (At court)

Ku ruhande (On the side - aside)

Add more to it

Say it again/repeat

Step on

Got crazy about

A playful Nyanja euphemism for masturbation, literally “to shake bananas” (often said in boys’ jokes).

Kuvimba umuntfu ku-social media (To block someone on social media)

Kubuka emsebentini womuntfu (To cheat/copy)

Kupakua filamu (To download a movie)

Kufanikiwa maishani (To succeed in life)

Kujiuzulu kazi (To resign)

To tell (from English “show” as in show or indicate).

Kuingia kwa ujumbe wa kibinafsi (To slide into DMs)