Browse African Slang

Mains/bras (Hands/arms)

Mains d'entraide (Helping hands)

God's hands

Roupas de marca ou de alta qualidade (Brand name or high quality clothes)

Mabonde/maeneo ya chini (Valleys/low areas)

Prières (Prayers)

Fou (Mad)

Social gathering place where people chew qat and socialize

مبروك (Congratulations)

Congratulations (Arabic-French emphasis)

مبروك (Congratulations)

مبسوط (Happy / content)

مبسوط - Happy/Content

Content/satisfied

Ordinateur Apple (Apple computer)

Literally 'sweet.' Used as a term of endearment like 'sweetheart' or 'dear.' Common nickname for a loved one

Pessoa experiente (Experienced person)

Teacher (Somali/Arabic)

Distrito de Macanga (Macanga district)

Macarena (Spanish dance)

Macarons (Macarons)

ማኪያቶ/ማኪያቶ (Macchiato)

Problèmes

Machallah (What God wills - admiration)

ما شاء الله أختي (Mashallah sister)

Campo agrícola (Agricultural field)

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 (Large bus)

Objet (Object)

Carro, vehículo (Car, vehicle)

تعلم آلي - Machine learning

Apprentissage automatique (Machine learning)

Apprentissage automatique (Machine learning)

Implémentation apprentissage machine (Machine learning implementation)

Machine à laver (Washing machine)

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)

Machungwa/tunda (Orange/fruit)

Distrito de Macomia (Macomia district)

ماكرو - أوامر مجمعة (command sequence)