Browse African Slang

Deal with/handle

Les choses changent (The wheel turns)

L'expérience de la vie (Life teaches)

No thank you.

Keep up/follow along

La rue nous appartient (The street is us)

Priorité à la survie (Survival first)

Wow/damn (French) - surprise

La vie est difficile (Life is hard)

Il faut avancer (Life goes on)

Ma mère (My mother)

No

No.

Play with eyes

لاعب - Player

لحية (Beard)

Laafi (Health - Mooré)

Young boy / youngster.

Laaitie (Young one)

But/however

Crazy person (playful).

Laare (To laugh)

Rubber/tires (from English plastic)

Caminho em Fula (Path in Fula)

Ma'mal (Laboratory)

Maabara (Laboratory)

لاب ريزالتس - نتائج المختبر (lab results)

Look; see

Lavar roupa (Wash clothes)

Chuchotements, rumeurs (Whispers, rumors)

Means “fine” or “all good.” Often used in greetings to ask or state well-being.

Maybe tomorrow

Label/kampuni ya muziki (Label/music company)

Certification bio (Organic label)

Seeking contract (Finding company)

Music label

ሌብልስ/ስያሜዎች (Labels)

Laboratoire (Laboratory)

Labor fruit

Amor genuino al trabajo (Genuine labor love)

Laboratory

Labo analyses (Medical lab)

ላቦራቶሪ/ላቦራቶሪ (Laboratory) - laboratory

Labour (Plowing season)

Le labour commence (Plowing begins)

Slang for a girl who is high-maintenance or pretentious.

Farihy / Lake

Salt lake - tourist attraction

SOS Lac Tchad (Lake Chad SOS)

Vie du Lac Tchad