Browse African Slang

فالي بيكنيك - نزهة الوادي (valley outing)

Région centrale (Central region)

Valorisation du partenaire (Valuing the partner)

Évaluation (Valuation)

فاليو الايند (Value aligned)

Develops value chains

Chaînes valeur développées (Developed value chains)

Proposition de valeur (Value proposition)

Principles/Beliefs (Values)

Guardián eterno de valores (Eternal values guardian)

قيم قوية (Strong values)

قيم عالمية (Universal values)

Vamos fazer isso (Let's do this)

Exploiteur économique (Economic exploiter) - metaphor

ڤان لايف - Van life

Hwilile / tonight (Tonight)

Nena / today (Today)

Grafiteiro ilegal (Illegal graffiti artist)

Basic, plain

Vanille comorienne (Comorian vanilla)

Vanille / Vanilla

Vannerie (Basketry)

Belle vannerie (Beautiful basketry)

Vannier (Basket weaver)

Vannier (Basket weaver)

Nouveau Madagascar / New Madagascar

Electronic cigarette

Humidité (Humidity)

Espaço exterior coberto (Veranda)

غنى التنوع (Variety richness)

Univesithi / Sekolo se seholo (University / Big school)

Vary amin'anana / Sakafo malagasy (Rice with greens / Malagasy food)

Vary sosoa / Bouillie de riz (Rice porridge / Congee)

Vary sosoa / Bouillie de riz (Rice porridge / Congee)

Fonce (Go for it)

Vas-y mollo (Go easy)

Oku itaala / persevere (To persevere / hold on)

Refers to girls from affluent suburbs (Salad) – implying they are soft, spoiled or only speak English.

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

Afrikaans for "take and sit," describing an informal cohabitation relationship. Financially, such arrangements might mea...

An Afrikaans-English exclamation meaning "Get him, Fluffy!" It originates from a joke about urging a small dog named Flu...

Afrikaans for 'Take your things and go.' A dismissive phrase telling someone to leave

Charognard économique (Economic vulture) - metaphor

An African term starting with the prefix 'va', which commonly indicates a noun class in Bantu languages. The root 'varec...

Ville du Centre-Ouest (Central-Western city)

Vaccine

Hamba / Suka la (Go / Leave here)

Go / leave (Spanish adoption).

Literally 'foreigner/stranger,' almost always referring to a white person in Madagascar. It can be neutral or playful de...

To leave quickly (like English “to bail”). Usage: Quando começou a confusão, vazámos logo. (When trouble started, we bai...