Browse African Slang

تقيل - Heavy/Annoying person

تعب - Tiredness

تعادل - Draw

تعالى - تعال (Come)

تعارف - Getting to know each other

طعم البيت - Homely/Authentic

طعمية - Falafel

تحليل - Analysis/Test

تحت - Down/Below

تحويل - Transfer (money)

تاكتيك - Tactic

تدريب - Training

تفضل - Please/Here you go

Slang for talking nonsense or making things up. Usage: Don’t mind his story, it’s pure tahyees, he loves to exaggerate.

تاجر - Merchant/Trader

Sound-effect slang for disappearing or dropping quickly. Usage: The moment we started cleaning, he went takh – vanished ...

To wrap something up / finishing.

تاكسي - Taxi

طلب - Order

طلاق - Divorce

طالع - Going up/Getting on

In Libyan usage, 'okay/fine.' Often an answer to 'Shin al-jaw?' meaning all is good. Libyans use tamam to confirm someth...

All set / good to go.

Luxury / high class.

تقسيط - Installments

تسجيل - Scoring

توكل - Trust in God

توبة - Repentance

طيب - Good/Okay

Fine / well then.

تقيل - ثقيل (Heavy - boring)

طفل - Child

تيرمز - Terms

تسلم - May you be safe

تست درايڤ - Test drive

ذاتس ذا تي - That's the tea

ذا واي - The way

ثقة - Confidence

ثقة - Trust

ثيسيز - Thesis

فتلة - Threading

ثريفتنج - Thrifting

ثرو - Throw

كرافتة - Tie

تايني هاوس - Tiny house

طول ما - As long as

تاتش ستارڤد - Touch starved

طوز - Dust storm

تراوما - Trauma

تريدميل - Treadmill