Browse African Slang

سلم - Greet

Selemo (Summer)

Selepe (Axe)

Equipa nacional (National team)

Fanekena tena / Self acceptance

الوعي الذاتي (Self awareness)

سيلف كومباشن - رحمة الذات (self compassion)

Personal control (Self discipline)

سلف دسكفري (Self discovery)

Développement personnel (Self help)

سلف امبروفمنت (Self improvement)

Amor próprio (Self-love)

Self-care (Self-care)

Prendre soin de soi (Self-care)

سلف كير صنداي (Self care Sunday)

Practices self-care Sundays

روتين العناية بالذات (Self-care routine)

Own boss (Independent worker)

Personal acceptance path (Self-acceptance process)

Preaches self-love

Que se fez sozinho (Self made)

Autodidacte qui a réussi (Self-made Guinean)

بطل عصامي (Self-made hero)

Femme autodidacte réussie (Self-made woman)

Experto en automedicación (Self-medication expert)

Selfie

Autoportrait photo (Photo self-portrait)

Self photo

Selfie (Self photo)

Selfie (Selfie)

Picha ya ubinafsi (Personal photo)

Auto-portrait (Self-portrait)

Meisie wat net selfies neem (Girl who only takes selfies)

Ala makɔnɔ, prière (God's call, prayer)

Prière musulmane (Muslim prayer)

Vend/Trade (Sell)

Sell market (To make sales)

A phrase meaning to promote oneself or one's goods, often slyly. Common in Nigerian parlance especially on social media ...

Sell sell (Keep selling)

Vendor/Merchant (Seller)

A term from African languages referring to cultural concepts or everyday objects.

Seloko (Cave)

Sem tostão/Sem nada (Without a penny)

Sem dinheiro, liso (Without money, broke)

Literally “speak,” used when answering phone (like “Hello, go ahead”) or to say “What’s up, speak your mind.”

Semaine nationale de la culture (National Culture Week)

ሰማያዊ/ሰማያዊ (Semayawi) - blue

Iconic Angolan music genre; slang-wise, “to tell a story” or “explain something emotionally” (because semba songs often ...

Música e dança tradicional angolana (Traditional Angolan music and dance)

Ville de la Sangha (Sangha town)