Browse African Slang

Légume du jardin (Garden vegetable)

Verdures (Vegetables)

Légumes locaux (Local vegetables)

Argent en petite quantité (Small amount of money)

Petite affaire (Small matter)

Leopards (national team)

Létt na (He/she is weak)

Lëkkël wu rafet (Beautiful jewelry)

Honest leader

Home language

Mother tongue spoken at home

Power language

Language remix

Pessoa que fala demais (Person who talks too much)

Living language

Lingala Kinois slang for a shirt (literally from French “le shirt”). Used among youth to refer to a cool shirt or top.

Marché en Baoulé (Market in Baoulé)

Pantalon (Pants)

Amor en Bubi (Love in Bubi)

Southern port town (Diamond town)

Amour patient (Patient love)

Amoureux/amoureuse (Lover)

Belle-fille (Daughter-in-law)

Mon épouse (My wife)

dhaaf with directional/prepositional modifier (Somali) - compound verb form

Shocked, taken by surprise

Health lab

Lab place (science area)

Local de experiências (Laboratory)

Much dollar money

Lava-jato (Car wash)

An African term starting with the prefix 'la', which commonly indicates a noun class in Bantu languages. The root 'vuno'...

Startup enxuta (Lean startup)

To leave gist (Action phrase)

Herança deixada (Legacy left)

An African term starting with the prefix 'le', which commonly indicates a noun class in Bantu languages. The root 'giwi'...

Tecido decorativo (Scarf)

An African term starting with the prefix 'le', which commonly indicates a noun class in Bantu languages. The root 'piwna...

An African term starting with the prefix 'le', which commonly indicates a noun class in Bantu languages. The root 'rabaq...

An African term starting with the prefix 'le', which commonly indicates a noun class in Bantu languages. The root 'sudoh...

Ferimento (Injury)

A term from African languages referring to cultural concepts or everyday objects.

A term from African languages referring to cultural concepts or everyday objects.

A term from African languages referring to cultural concepts or everyday objects.

An African term starting with the prefix 'le', which commonly indicates a noun class in Bantu languages. The root 'wemu'...

An African term starting with the prefix 'le', which commonly indicates a noun class in Bantu languages. The root 'xiqa'...

A term from African languages referring to cultural concepts or everyday objects.

Library place

Afastamento autorizado (Authorized leave)

An African term starting with the prefix 'li', which commonly indicates a noun class in Bantu languages. The root 'cufic...