Browse African Slang

Kuyeza mkhalidwe / Wa anthu (To test mood / people)

Kusangalala / Kuchita zosangalatsa (To have fun / do enjoyable things)

Kukhala maso / Usiku (To stay awake / night)

Kuvina magule / Akumpoto (To dance masks / northern)

Kukula mwachangu / Kufalikira (To grow fast / spread)

Kutenga visa / Kukonzekera ulendo (To get visa / prepare journey)

Kuphunzira ntchito / Yamanja (To learn work / hands)

Kuchenjeza ntchito / Cholakwika (To warn work / mistake)

Kuchita zochititsa chidwi / Kutchuka (To do interesting things / be famous)

Kupanga chuma / Chatsopano (To create wealth / new)

Kukwatirana / Kuchita ukwati (To marry / have wedding)

Kuchita phwando / Lolandira (To have party / receive)

Kutumiza ndalama / Kugwiritsa waya (To send money / use wire)

Kutulutsa ndalama / Kutenga (To remove money / take)

Kubisa ndi umboni / Wokha (To hide with witness / only)

Kukonza ndalama / Kugwiritsa ntchito (To arrange money / use)

Kuchita msonkhano / Wantchito (To have meeting / work)

Kuyenda dziko / Lonse (To go world / all)

Kutukula achinyamata / Patsogolo (To develop youth / forward)

Kupereka chithandizo / Chachisilamu (To give help / Islamic)

Kuchita bwino / Kwambiri (To do well / very)

Kutsimikiza osadziwa / Chomwe (To prove not knowing / what)

Kuganiza bwino / Kuchenjera (To think smart / be wise)

Motociclista de transporte (Motorcycle taxi driver)

Kutawala sherehe (To dominate the party)

Kufanya sherehe (To party)

To get money

Finding livelihood

To finish money

To freestyle or invent on the spot (stories (songs)

(Swahili, 'taking to the parents') Refers to introducing one's partner to one's family. In East African culture, kupelek...

Kupempha kukwera galimoto / Kufuna thandizo (To ask for a ride / seek help)

S'aimer mutuellement (Love each other)

Literally to go crazy with happiness, meaning to have a blast

Kuchenjera / Kusamva (To be clever / dodge)

Kuuza / Kufotokoza (To tell / explain)

Kupewa mikangano / Kukhala mwamtendere (To avoid conflict / stay peaceful)

Kudziwa malo / Kudziwa komwe kuli (To know location / find place)

To be rich

Kutaya nthawi / Kuchita zopanda phindu (To waste time / do nothing productive)

Comunicar com os antepassados (To communicate with ancestors)

Kuwonjezera / Kuchulukitsa (To add more / increase)

Kukhala moyo wovuta / Kusowa zinthu (To live a hard life / lack things)

Tratamento espiritual (Spiritual treatment)

Kulephera / Kuchita zopusa (To fail / mess up)

Kudziwa zinthu / Kuchenjera (To know things / be street smart)

Kupanda phindu / Kukhala wopanda nzeru (To be useless / foolish)

Kufanya (To do)

To procrastinate or drag one’s feet (literally to play around dribbling like in football).

Kula sana (To eat a lot)