Browse African Slang

Clean home (Tidy up)

Tirage au sort (Sweepstakes)

Delicious/Tasty (Sweet/Good)

16th birthday (Teen milestone)

Perfect/great (Excellent)

Sweet bitter (Taste)

Sweet celebration (Nice party)

Sweet dreams (Good sleep)

Sugar seller

Free nation (Land of freedom)

Sweet mouth (Sweet talker)

Sweet pass (Better than)

سويت سكستين (Sweet sixteen)

Sweet sweet (Very sweet)

Flattery/Smooth words (Charm)

Sweetheart ya me (My sweetheart)

سويتي - Sweetie

Candy; also small bribes (joking).

Mpenzi mtamu (Sweet lover)

Finished / no resources left.

Swenka (Well-dressed person)

Dodge/Avoid someone (To avoid)

Water sport/Pool (Swim)

Ho sesa / Ho qoela (To swim / To float)

Kuogelea/mchezo wa maji (Swimming/water sport)

መዋኛ ገንዳ/መዋኛ ገንዳ (Mewanya genda) - swimming pool

A vest or undershirt (because it resembles a pig skin? Origin unclear, but commonly used).

Card payment

Swipe action

Card payment

Glisser (Swipe)

Reject/Not interested (Decline match)

حياة السحب (Swipe life)

Glisser à droite (Swipe right)

Glisser à droite (Swipe right)

Swipe right (Show interest)

سوايب اب (Swipe up)

Balayer sur app de rencontre (To swipe on dating app)

Approuver sur app de rencontre (Swipe right)

مفتاح - Switch

Muscular

سويڤل - Swvl

Équipe nationale de football (National football team)

Muhtasari (Syllabus)

Photocopied notes

Symbiose conjugale (Marital symbiosis)

National symbols

سيمبا، لطيف (Nice, friendly)

Musique orchestrale (Orchestral music)

Kuwa pamoja (To be in sync)