Browse African Slang

Kukhala chikondi / Chopanda malire (To be love / without limits)

Kugwira ntchito / Yochepa (To do work / little)

Kukhala chikondi / Chosafa (To be love / undying)

Company yaikulu / Kwambiri (Company big / very)

Kugwirizanitsa anthu / Wamphamvu (To unite people / powerful)

Kukhala mgwirizano / Wantchito (To be union / workers)

Kukhala chikondi / Cha dziko lonse (To be love / universal)

Kukhala opanda / Label (To be without / label)

Osafikirika mu competition / Onse (Unreachable in competition / all)

Kugulitsa pamsika / Kuchita malonda (To sell at market / trade)

Kuyika ndalama / Ma startup (To invest money / startups)

Kutsimikizidwa / Kukhala woona (To be confirmed / be real)

Kuwononga chisangalalo / Cha anthu (To destroy fun / people)

Kukhala kumudzi / Wamba (To be village / traditional)

Kuona tsogolo / Ntchito (To see future / work)

Kutsogolera kuona / Tsogolo (To lead seeing / future)

Kugwira ntchito / Yaulere (To do work / free)

Kudzuka / Kusagona (To wake up / not sleep)

Kuulula zachinyengo / Ntchito (To reveal fraud / work)

Kugulitsa zambiri / Kupereka (To sell bulk / supply)

Kukhala mkazi / Wakwatiwa (To be woman / married)

Kukhala woyenera / Waukwati (To be suitable / marriage)

Kukhala mkazi / Woyenera (To be wife / suitable)

Kudziwa zochitika / Zonse (To know happening / all)

Kukhala wa dziko / Lonse labwino (To be world / all good)

Kuki? (Why?)

Kuogopa kupata mimba (To avoid pregnancy)

Kutumia pesa haraka haraka (To spend money quickly)

To be broke

A Shona slang term meaning improvising or hustling in desperate times. It's about making do with whatever resources avai...

Kuko (Because)

Colher, colheita (To harvest)

Kukonza thupi / Kukhala wokongola (To fix the body / look good)

Lacking money

Kuku/ndege wa nyumbani (Chicken/home bird)

Kuku wa asili (Indigenous chicken)

Kuku wa kukaanga (Fried chicken)

Kuku wa asili (Local chicken)

A fantastic Liberian word for a state of chaos or disorder, especially loud dispute. Similar to grumbo.

Kupata pesa (To eat / make money)

Kupokea pesa ya usafiri bila kwenda (To receive transport money without going)

Window shopping

Kula tu mboga bila nyama (To eat only vegetables)

Literally 'to eat with the eyes.' This phrase means to admire something you can't afford, essentially you can only 'feas...

ኩኩሉ/ኩኩሉ (Kukulu) - hide and seek

Kushangaa sana (To be very surprised)

Kuchita bwino / Kupita patsogolo (To succeed / progress)

To borrow

To lend

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