Browse African Slang

Pai em makhuwa (Father in Makhuwa)

Pabalesego (Danger)

Paper / money.

Pachypodium / Elephant's foot

ጡት/ጡት (Tut) - pacifier

باسيفيست ران - مسار سلمي (peaceful playthrough)

Calma e perseverança (Calm and perseverance)

Defeat badly

Defeat badly

“Move aside” or “step off,” used to dismiss someone in an argument.

ጥቅል/ጥቅል (Tikil) - package

Forfait voyage (Tourist package)

Slang for keeping up appearances – acting richer or more successful than one truly is. Many in the hustle game talk abou...

Supplies packaging

Pacte conjugal (Marital pact)

Blood pact

Ondjila / road (Road / path)

Perte (Loss)

Surname which means, fun, sexy, rich and popular. Someone who has incredible wealth, but does not show it. Padda can als...

Paddle boarding

Paddle pop (Ice lolly)

Amigo cercano, hermano (Close friend, brother)

Friend. In Krio, padi means friend or buddy

Party (stylized).

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Online priest

Responsável espiritual/social (Spiritual/social guardian)

Padrinho (Godfather)

Mixed up situation; from Spanish influence

Pag n pa tara (A woman has no limits - women can achieve anything)

Pag-biiga tara buudu (A woman's child has family)

Pag-bila (Woman child - young lady)

Pag-la-yiri (Girl - Mooré)

Pag-sõnga (Good woman - virtuous wife)

Pag-wende (Woman)

Pagar amanhã (Pay tomorrow)

Pagar à vista (Pay cash)

Normally means 'chaos,' but among Guinean students pagaille means fun, joking around. 'Pagailler' (to do pagaille) is to...

Posar de (Pose as)

Pagar depois, fiado (Pay later, on credit)

To “flash” or give a missed call intentionally (so the other person calls back).

قلب الصفحة (Turning page)

Tissu traditionnel (Traditional fabric)

Musow ka fini, tissu femmes (Women's cloth, women's fabric)

Tissu traditionnel bien porté (Well-tied wrapper)

Pagne haute couture (Couture wrapper)

Estilo con tela africana (African fabric style)

Pagne moderne (Modern pagne)

Pagne tissé (Woven cloth)

Tissu wax (Wax fabric)