Browse African Slang

Social gathering place where people chew qat and socialize

Congratulations.

Congratulations (Arabic-French emphasis)

Congratulations

مبسوط (Happy / content)

مبسوط - سعيد (Happy - pleased)

Content/satisfied

Ordinateur Apple (Apple computer)

Literally “sweet.” Used as a term of endearment like “sweetheart” or “dear.”

Pessoa experiente (Experienced person)

Teacher (Somali/Arabic)

Distrito de Macanga (Macanga district)

Macarena (Spanish dance)

ማኪያቶ/ማኪያቶ (Macchiato)

Problèmes

Machallah (What God wills - Arabic)

ما شاء الله أختي (Mashallah sister)

Terreno agrícola, roça (Agricultural land, farm)

Modern farm

“Not me,” said in a funny defensive way when blame might fall on you. Usage: Who finished the milk? Machi ana, I swear, ...

“Not yours.” A comeback if someone tries to claim something that isn’t theirs. Usage: This jacket machi dialk, I saw my ...

“Not only,” used to emphasize something surprising.

ماشي مشكيل، لا بأس (No problem)

Not normal; crazy good

Autocarro grande (Big bus)

Objet (Object)

Carro, vehículo (Car, vehicle)

Apprentissage automatique (Machine learning)

تعلم آلي - Machine learning

Apprentissage automatique (Machine learning)

Implémentation apprentissage machine (Machine learning implementation)

Distributeur de café (Coffee machine)

Fini ko masini, vêtement laver machine (Cloth wash machine, washing machine)

Wauza barabarani (Street vendors)

Fronteira com Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe border)

Updated but still problematic attitudes

Macho/viungo vya kuona (Eyes/seeing organs)

Lehilahy matanjaka / Macho (Macho / Manly)

Kuwa makini (Be alert)

Machungwa/tunda (Orange/fruit)

Distrito de Macomia (Macomia district)

ماكرو - أوامر مجمعة (command sequence)

ماكرو كاونتنق (Macro counting)

Praia da Beira (Beira beach)

From English “mad,” used to mean crazy/great. Habesha youth often say “mad vibe” meaning very cool. Usage: The party las...

Kali sana (Very intense)

Crazy/Amazing/Unbelievable (Crazy or amazing)

Crazy thing/Amazing stuff (Something amazing)

Pain local (Local bread)

Madafu/matunda ya mnazi (Green coconuts)