Browse African Slang

Harsh words/Rude (Aggressive speech)

Roughly roughly (Very rough)

Go/leave; commanding someone to go

Literally “my soul,” used as an affectionate term like “darling” (to females). Usage: Kouzi, rouhi, don’t stress – you’l...

Roumdé (Seasonal market)

Round (Drinks for all)

Traffic circle/Rotary (Roundabout)

Go and return/Two way (Return journey)

አደባባይ/አደባባይ (Adebabay) - roundabout/square

Roupas de grife (Designer clothes)

Second-hand clothes from abroad

Donation clothes

Njia (Route)

Kutembea kwa miguu (Walking on foot)

Route principale de Conakry (Main Conakry road)

Route vers Soudan

Route bloquée

Route bitumée (Paved road)

Route construite (Road built)

Chemin historique (Historic path)

Route commerciale du sel (Salt trade route)

Route défoncée (Damaged road)

طريق صعب (Difficult road)

Route bitumée

Knows all routes

Prueba de conocimiento de ruta (Route knowledge test)

طريق وطني (National road)

Trajet optimisé (Optimized route)

Optimisation d'itinéraire (Route optimization)

Route prise (Road taken)

Mauvaise route (Bad road)

Route problématique (Problematic road)

Router

Routes rénovées (Improved roads)

Router

Routine beauté locale (Guinean beauty routine)

Routine du désert (Desert routine)

Habitude du matin (Morning routine)

Routine quotidienne (Daily routine)

Routine matinale (Morning routine)

Humidity

The opposite: “to take a bath/shower” (rova = hit/do, bhavhu = bath).

Umtsetfo webukhosi (Royal law)

Indlela yebukhosi (Royal way)

Royalties

Fanjakana / Kingdom

Kingdom of heaven

رز - Rice

Sleep

Rra (Sir/Mr./Father)