Browse African Slang

Tambour sénégalais (Senegalese drum)

Patience (Patience)

Jealous watchers.

Covered passage

Means “you know,” used as a filler at sentence ends. Usage: A vida tá difícil, sabe… mas continua. (Life’s hard, you kno...

Poverty wisdom

Wisdom shield

Market wisdom

To know or be skilled at. Also as noun 'I too sabi' = know-it-all

صابر (Patient)

سبها (Sabha city)

Savoir (To know)

Saber, conocer (To know)

To know or be skilled at something.

Sabi (To know)

Saber ser doce/carinhoso (Know how to be sweet)

Saber não ocupa lugar (Knowledge doesn't take space)

Sand

رمل ساخن (Hot sand)

Com bom sabor (Tasty)

Soap

Patience

صبراتة (Sabratha)

صبري (Sabri district)

Saturday (Somali/Arabic)

ሳሙና/ሳሙና (Sabun) - soap

Bag

Contenant/sac (Bag/sack)

Conteneur (Bag)

Big bag

Sac à main (Handbag)

Handbag

Prejudicar / brincar (Harm / joke)

Shida za chama cha madereva (Transport association problems)

Plastic bag

Sack (To fire)

أرض مقدسة (Sacred ground)

أرض مقدسة (Sacred land)

سايكرد ميوزيك - موسيقى مقدسة (sacred music)

سيكرد سبيس (Sacred space)

Sacrifice (Ritual offering)

Go sacrifice (To give up)

Interdiction des plastiques (Plastic bags banned)

Sad (Sad)

Hazin/za'lan (Unhappy)

Charity

Means “to friend-zone” someone (literally “echo” implying nothing romantic in return).

Three (Somali)

True friend

Sadly sadly (Very sad)