Browse African Slang

Détours (Detours)

Examens principaux (Main exams)

4x4/voiture luxueuse (4x4/luxury car)

Moteur (Four-stroke)

Quatre-vingts (Eighty)

90 (Ninety)

Haut standing (High class)

Projet de pont à Abidjan (Abidjan bridge project)

Pouvoir médiatique (Fourth estate)

Alone/only

May God bless

Que Dieu nous protège (May God keep us)

God bless you (French)

Falido (Bankrupt)

Falhar / partir (To break / fail)

Resolver temporariamente (Solve temporarily)

Ajudar temporariamente (Help temporarily)

Escargot en sauce (Snails in sauce)

Malkia/mkuu wa kike (Queen/female ruler)

Slang for the number-one woman in a man's life (be it wife or official girlfriend). Used to distinguish the main partner...

Slang for the number-one woman in a man's life (be it wife or official girlfriend). Used to distinguish the main partner...

Arder com fogo (To burn)

Arrancar rapidamente (Take off quickly)

Quel (What/which)

Quelle affaire (What's up)

Capital da Zambézia (Zambezia capital)

Ironique (What intelligence)

Quelque part (Somewhere)

Pourboire (Tip)

Ser corajoso (Be brave)

To die or to break down (for a thing).

Refeição pronta quente (Hot ready meal)

Chicane (Quarrel)

Bagarreur (Quarrelsome)

كويست (Quest)

Challenge beliefs/Doubt all (Critical thinking)

Question leakage - Exam questions leaked before exam

Pôr em dúvida (To question)

Interrogations (Questions)

Oiseau tropical (Tropical bird)

Umugqa (Line)

Cultura de hacer cola (Queue culture)

ክዩ ካልቸር - ባህሊ ምርዓድ (Queue culture)

Coiffure (Hairstyle)

طابور لا ينتهي (Endless queue)

Arte de saltarse colas (Queue jumping art)

كيو لايف - حياة الطابور (queue life)

Line controller (Queue manager)

Qui (Who - French)

L'avenir nous le dira (Time will tell)