Browse African Slang

Kutazama mtandaoni (To watch online)

Kutalakiana/kutengana (Breaking up)

Se réveiller (To wake up)

Dawn awakening

Writing history

Kusaidia kubao (To assist a goal)

Kuba mu mazi (To be in water - to be comfortable)

Kubabara (To suffer/hurt)

Kubabazirwa hamwe (To mourn together)

Ball/football (Somali)

Football/soccer (Somali)

Changing with times

Exchanging customs

Exchanging customs

Art exchange

Kubagara (To do traditional healing)

Kubaha abakuru (To respect elders)

Kubaha ijambo (To keep word)

Kukubali (To accept)

Kuwa maarufu (To be famous)

Kuyabandza (It's cold)

To be broke

Kupata bahati (To get lucky)

Kupunguza bei (To bargain)

Casa tradicional / cubata (Traditional house / hut)

In Shona, literally “to stab,” but slang-wise used to mean *to leave/escape*.

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

Kubaza (To ask)

It was epic / great.

Kushinda (To beat / win)

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

Literally 'carrying stones,' a humorous phrase for being stood up or waiting in vain. If someone never showed up to a me...

Kuba / Kupanga zachinyengo (To steal / cheat)

Kubeshya (To lie)

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

To pay

Kubika mu banki (To save in bank)

Kufurahia sana (To enjoy greatly)

To be robbed

Kuwa mweusi (To be dark-skinned)

Kuzuia mtu mtandaoni (To block someone online)

Kuchoka (To get bored)

Kubogora (To have diarrhea)

Kuboha (To tie/bind)

Street boy/Rough person (Street smart person)

Kubona inyungu (To get profit)

Kubona neza (To see well - understand)

Kuongea (To talk)

Kulankhula / Kuyankhula (To speak / talk)

Kubumba (To make pottery)