Browse African Slang

Kudai kile unachostahili (To demand what's rightfully yours)

Kucheza densi (To dance)

To ride on or piggyback (like hopping on an idea or vehicle without much contribution).

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

Kusimamisha masomo (To defer studies)

To be expensive

Derived from Hausa, kudi means money and is used colloquially across Nigeria. It often refers to cash on hand.

Money

Kufanya mapenzi (To have sex)

From English 'to disappear.' Means ghosting or leaving without notice

Kuacha mpenzi (To dump someone)

Kupoteza pesa (To lose money)

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

Kuchoka / Kuthawa (To leave / escape)

Maintaining conditions

Maintaining language

Kutafuta mapenzi (To look for love / date)

Kuchoma (To inject / pierce)

Dançarino de kuduro (Kuduro dancer)

Música energética para dançar (Energetic dance music)

Kuduro (Angolan dance)

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)

Kugwiritsa mphamvu / Ya net (To use power / of net)

Kuimba mawu / Amphamvu (To sing words / powerful)