Browse African Slang

Puff-puff (Fried dough balls)

Pug-bila (Daughter)

Pug-neere (Beautiful woman)

Pug-sablega (Black stomach/evil)

Pug-yure (Good heart)

Pugla (Young woman - Mooré)

Regional power

Well

Puits creusé (Well dug)

Puits foré (Well drilled)

Pukparga (Young woman)

Pula e a na (It's raining)

Pula e nesa (Rain nourishes)

Pula! (Rain!/Currency/Blessing)

دمج بولار-حسانية (Pulaar-Hassaniya fusion)

Local youth slang derived from “apply (brakes)”, meaning “chill out” or “slow down.”

Polícia corrupto (Corrupt police)

Draw/Attract (Pull it)

Pull pull (Keep pulling)

Arrive at event (Show up)

ፑል አፕ/መምጣት (Pull up/come)

Pessoa Fula (Fula person)

Pulpeuse (Voluptuous)

Pulseira (Bracelet)

Puma brand

Sensação muscular (Muscle pump)

Soulever fonte (Pump iron)

Get excited (Build energy)

Five shillings

Sehemu ya kuchekesha (Funny part)

Puntualidad opcional (Optional punctuality)

Puncture (Flat tire)

Punda/mnyama wa kubeba (Donkey/carrying animal)

Punda milia/mnyama wa mistari (Zebra/striped animal)

Strong donkey

Hamsini shilingi (Fifty shillings)

Punk (Punk)

Ethnie du sud (Southern ethnic group)

Puo (Language/Speech)

Puppy love (Young love)

Sachet water/Drinking water (Packaged drinking water)

Pure water money - Small but steady income

Purge (Diarrhea)

Fifty shilling note

بربوس دريفن (Purpose driven)

بيربوس ليفينڭ - العيش بهدف (purpose living)

Português difícil (Portuguese difficult)

Exclamation douce (Mild exclamation)

Push (Sell/Promote)

Grind / work hard.