Browse African Slang

Bakery bread

Sandwich garni (Loaded sandwich)

خبز ساخن (Hot bread)

Pain au chocolat / Mofo chocolat

Pain de singe (Baobab fruit)

Mofo frantsay / Baguette (French bread / Baguette)

بين از قين (Pain is gain)

Pain quotidien (Daily bread)

Pain-beignet (Bread and fritters)

የህመም ማስታገሻ/የህመም ማስታገሻ (Yehimem mastagesh) - painkiller

ቀለም/ቀለም (Kelem) - paint

ብሩሽ/ብሩሽ (Brush) - paint brush

Umsebenzi wekupenda (Painting work)

بينت سيشن - جلسة رسم (paint session)

Party everywhere (Celebrate wildly)

بينتد روكس - الصخور الملونة (painted rocks)

نقاش - Painter

Painting (Painting)

Literally means 'food' (paite = comida), but slang-wise: Paite = a meal or something really good; In street talk, a very...

Paix construite (Peace built)

Lasting peace

Paix stable installée (Established lasting peace)

Paix souhaitée

Paix retrouvée (Peace found)

Paix revenue (Peace returned)

La paix règne (Peace reigns)

Paix sociale (Social peace)

Paix société maintenue (Preserved social peace)

Chercher la paix (Seeking peace)

Paix durable (Lasting peace)

Paix perpétuelle installée (Eternal peace established)

Paixão intensa e repentina (Intense and sudden passion)

Amor intenso (Crazy passion)

Survival passion

بيجاما - Pajama

Paka (Time/Era)

Paka/mtu mwerevu (Cat/clever person)

Until the end; to the finish" (Chichewa-English slang)

Woven basket, used in phrase “amebebwa na pakacha” meaning someone got pregnant (colloquial gentle way).

Shona for “it’s tough/critical.” Can also commend someone (“pakaipa” meaning they were awesome, context is key).

Pako (Evidence/Token)

Pako ya lerato (Love token)

Parler, discours (To talk, speech)

Pala/mnyama wa michezo (Impala/game animal)

Agriculture à Pala

Connection de Pala (Pala connection)

Exactement (Exactly)

Problema, discusión (Problem, argument)

Agreement to end conflict

Discussion traditionnelle (Traditional discussion)