Browse African Slang

Área residencial premium (Premium residential area)

Peur (Fear)

Sono/Sound system

Son de Bangui (Bangui sound)

Song-taaba (Mutual aid group)

Song-wende (Help from God)

Endelea (Continue)

French for “daydreamer,” used to label someone who rambles or is detached (also spelled songeur in Lingala context). Usa...

Songo (Traditional board game)

Europe dream

Collective dream

Exported dream

Big dream

Possible dream

Honte, timidité (Shame, shyness)

خليط سونينكي-ولوف (Soninke-Wolof mix)

Sarakole, Kayes mɔgɔw (Sarakole, Kayes people)

Rajul ghani (Rich man)

A rich person or someone who displays wealth ostentatiously.

Lots of sugar

سنة - Sunnah

Ringtone

Sono (Sound system)

Gao mɔgɔw, kɔrɔ masaya (Gao people, ancient kingdom)

Pronounced 'so', slang for 100 shillings. Derived from 'sawa/sawa soo' or just by shortening 'hundred'.

Welcome (Somali greeting)

Welcome to Djibouti (Somali)

Bring out/reveal

Come in (welcoming)

Isn't it/right?

Come back

Pick up/bring

Come (Somali)

سوق (Market / marketplace)

Plato típico costero (Typical coastal dish)

Verser de l'argent illégalement (To pay bribes) - slang

سوق - Market

Short for “sorcier” (wizard), slang for someone who’s extremely good at something, like “wizard.”

Sorcière (Witch)

Bad defeat handler (Poor sport)

Sorgho (Sorghum)

Sorgho blanc type

Sorgho rouge (Red sorghum)

Yoruba for "speak up," used broadly to mean being bold. While not about money itself, it was popularized during protests...

Resistance smile

Sorry (Sorry - English/French)

Sorry (Sorry)

Feel bad for/Pity (Sympathize)

Desculpa né (Sorry right)

Arranged/fixed (Organized)