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Words starting with "S" (4378 found, showing 51-100)

SVP

🇩🇿 Algeria

S'il vous plaît; please (formal)

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Sa

🌍 Seychelles

Literally 'that/this.' In casual slang, you might hear sa used for emphasis at the end of a sentence

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Sa

🌍 Burkina Faso

Sa (To die - Dioula)

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Sa

🇬🇭 Ghana

Completely/entirely.

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Sa nu

🌍 Benin

Vendre quelque chose (Sell something)

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Sa3a

🇩🇿 Algeria

Clock/watch

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Sa3a kamla

🌍 Libya

ساعة كاملة (Full hour)

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Sa3a sa3a

🌍 Libya

ساعة ساعة (Hour by hour)

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Sa3a sa3ida

🌍 Mauritania

ساعة سعيدة (Happy hour)

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Sa3ada

🇪🇬 Egypt

سعادة - Happiness

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Sa3at

🇪🇬 Egypt

ساعات - Sometimes

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Sa3b

🇩🇿 Algeria

صعب (Difficult / tough)

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Sa3b awi

🇪🇬 Egypt

Very hard.

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Sa3eedy

🇪🇬 Egypt

صعيدي - From Upper Egypt

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Sa7

🇪🇬 Egypt

صح - Correct

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Sa7a

🇹🇳 Tunisia

Cheers; to your health

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Sa7b

🇪🇬 Egypt

سحب - Withdrawal

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Sa7bi

🇲🇦 Morocco

My friend

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Sa9r

🌍 Libya

صقر (Falcon / sharp)

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Saa

🇹🇿 Tanzania

Saa/kipimo cha wakati (Hour/time measure)

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Saa hii

🇰🇪 Kenya

Hivi sasa (Right now)

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Saa hii hii

🇰🇪 Kenya

Hivi sasa (Right now)

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Saa ngapi

🌍 Saa ngapi sasa? (What time now?)

Quelle heure (What time)

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Saa ya asubuhi

🌍 Comoros

Morning hour

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Saa za mapumziko

🌍 Relaxation time

Rest hours

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Saa'id

🌍 Djibouti

Later/in a while (Somali)

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Saa'id yar

🌍 Djibouti

In a little while

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Saa3eed

🇪🇬 Egypt

Refers to Upper Egyptians (Sa’idis), but used in jokes as stereotype for someone naive or old-fashioned. Usage: Don’t be...

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Saa?

🇬🇭 Ghana

Hour; time; watch

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Saacad ka dib

🌍 Djibouti

An hour later

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Saacad qaali ah

🌍 Djibouti

Expensive watch

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Saacad wanaagsan

🌍 Djibouti

Good morning/Have a good day (Somali greeting)

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Saaga

🌍 Burkina Faso

Saaga (Rain - Mooré)

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Saagala

🇺🇬 Uganda

I don't want

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Saah

🇬🇭 Ghana

Truly or extremely.

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Saam-dîîma

🌍 Burkina Faso

Saam-dîîma (Spoiled food)

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Saamende

🌍 Burkina Faso

Saamende (Extended family)

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Saan

🇧🇼 Botswana

Saan (Brother/Sister)

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Saan-n-tũudo

🌍 Burkina Faso

Saan-n-tũudo (Rain following - farming season)

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Saana

🌍 Burkina Faso

Saana (Co-wife)

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Saana yaa kibare

🌍 Burkina Faso

Saana yaa kibare (A stranger brings news)

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Saat / Sut

🇿🇦 South Africa

Slang for “no” or an emphatic negation (possibly from mixing vernacular).

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Saaxiib

🌍 Djibouti

Friend (Somali/Arabic)

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Saaxiibkaa ma jooga?

🌍 Djibouti

Is your friend around?

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Sab3a

🇩🇿 Algeria

Seventh day celebration

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Saba

🇰🇪 Kenya

Seventy shillings

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Saba

🌍 Burkina Faso

Saba (Three - Dioula)

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Saba7 el kheir

🇪🇬 Egypt

صباح الخير - صباح الخير (Good morning)

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Sabaayad

🌍 Djibouti

Flatbread (Somali) - similar to chapati

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Sabab

🌍 Djibouti

Reason/because (Arabic/Somali)

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