Browse African Slang

Love triangle wahala - Three-person drama

حب غير مشروط (Unconditional love)

Affection conquers (Romance triumphs)

Love ya me (My love)

A South African proverb meaning love is natural and falls upon people indiscriminately. One cannot control or predict wh...

Aimer beaucoup (To love a lot)

Olon-tiana / Sipa (Lover / Partner)

Moratuoa / Sweetheart (Lover / Sweetheart)

A colloquial (originally English) term describing a couple that is very affectionate or excessively romantic in public. ...

Power running out (Battery dying)

Low battery life

Poor/Lower social status (Working class)

Low low (Very low)

منخفض المستوى، متواضع (Low profile)

لو تير - مرتبة منخفضة (low rank)

Ngendlela yemfihlo (In a secret way)

Lower sixth (First year A-levels)

E tlase / Low car

Discretamente/Abertamente (Secretly/Openly)

Lowly lowly (Very low)

Township / location.

Fidèle (Loyal)

لويالتي تيست - اختبار الولاء (loyalty test)

Location commerciale (Commercial rent)

Loyer payé (Rent paid)

Read (message)

كثير (A lot, many)

Creole moon

Viagem pós-casamento (Post-wedding trip)

Vida de Luba (Luba life)

Luggage or loads (from Luganda).

Empumalanga yelive (East of country)

لاكي بيرسون - شخص محظوظ (lucky person)

Ganho / profit (Profit)

Mirage profit

Ludo (Board game)

Ludo (Board game)

Ludo (Board game)

The rap style of rapping in Luganda; slang to mean speaking very fluently in Luganda with rhyme.

Walk/go on foot

Distrito de Lugela (Lugela district)

لقيج (Luggage)

Luggage allowance

Tetris de equipaje (Luggage tetris)

Lugha/mzungumzo (Language/communication)

Lugha yetu ya taifa (Our national language)

Afrikaans for "Listen carefully (to me)." This phrase is often used in SA English context when someone in authority (a p...

Chercher/vouloir (Look for/want)

Outfit or style (from English “look”).

Dia (Day)