Browse African Slang

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Rio em Fula (River in Fula)

Modern farm

Updated but still problematic attitudes

In Bissau-Guinean Creole and informal Portuguese, maka means a 'problem' or 'trouble'. It's used similarly to West Afric...

Macaco (Monkey/Troublemaker)

Maquiagem (Makeup)

Mal agradecido (Ungrateful)

Malária pegou (Got malaria)

High-quality groundnut crop

Mandar embora/Despedir (Fire/Send away)

Mandar mensagem (Send message)

Mandar dinheiro do exterior (Send money from abroad)

Pessoa Mandinka (Mandinka person)

Mandinka storyteller/griot

Mandinka soul

Língua Mandinka (Mandinka language)

Mangue (Mangrove)

Mangrove cradle

Destroyed mangrove

Dead mangrove

Manha/Mimo (Spoiled behavior)

Hope morning

New morning

Empty manifesto

A phrase meaning 'very nice', hugely popular in Mozambican Portuguese and also recognized in Guinea-Bissau slang. Maning...

Pessoa Papel/Manjaco (Papel/Manjaco person)

Realeza/Reino Mandinka (Mandinka royalty/kingdom)

A respectful Creole greeting meaning 'I hold you' – essentially 'Greetings/Keep well.' Used when meeting someone, akin t...

Plural of mantenha, used to give regards or respectful greetings to a group. Saying 'Min mandá bo mantenhas' means 'I se...

Angry sea

Clean sea

Our sea

Rising sea

Bad luck tide

Toxic masculinity

Toxic masculine

Matar fome (Kill hunger)

Deixar louco de amor (Drive crazy with love)

Creole match

Failed match

Virtual match

Matéria difícil (Difficult subject)

Mato/Floresta (Bush/Forest)

Deforested area or drought-affected land

Grande/Chefe em Fula (Big/Chief in Fula)

Talvez talvez (Maybe perhaps)

Survival medal

Parallel medicine

Medida (Measure)