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Bae

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Bae definition 1

Mpenzi/mpendwa (Bae/beloved)

"Bae wangu ana kazi nzuri (My bae has good work)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Bae 🇧🇼 Botswana

Girlfriend/Boyfriend (term of endearment from 'babe')" ("Global slang")

Bae 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Ser, bebe (Dear, baby)

"Mon bae i special (My bae is special)"

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

Tanzanian slang is rooted in Swahili, the national language, with vibrant Bongo Flava music culture adding fresh terms to everyday speech in Dar es Salaam.

KASINARY has 1747 Tanzania slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Bae" Across Africa

This word is also used in 17 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Bae 🇧🇼 Botswana

Girlfriend/Boyfriend (term of endearment from 'babe')" ("Global slang")
Bae 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Ser, bebe (Dear, baby)
Bae 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Before anyone else (boyfriend/girlfriend)
Bae 🇿🇦 South Africa

Sthandwa sami (My love/babe)
Bae 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Habibi/habibti (My love)
Bae

Before anyone else (boyfriend/girlfriend)
Bae 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Stands for 'Before Anyone Else,' meaning one's sweetheart. Widely used by Nigerian youth online to refer to their significant other or crush
Bae 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Bae (Babe)
Bae 🇧🇮 Burundi

Bae (Babe)
Bae 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Bae (Boyfriend/girlfriend)
Bae 🇬🇭 Ghana

Baby/Sweetheart (Romantic partner)
Bae 🇱🇷 Liberia

Before anyone else/Love (Bae)
Bae 🇲🇬 Madagascar

Malala / Olon-tiana (Bae / Loved one)
Bae 🇳🇦 Namibia

Before anyone else / lover (Sweetheart)
Bae 🇬🇲 Gambia

Sama bae (My bae)
Bae 🇺🇬 Uganda

Bae (Before anyone else)
Bae 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Mudiwa (Lover)

🇹🇿 More Tanzania Slang

Mjinga Mjinga/mtu asiye na akili (Fool/person without intelligence) Kidogo Kidogo/kichache (Little/small) Malengo ya kazi Malengo ya kazi (Work goals) Lala salama Good night; sleep well Aha Aha/ndio (Yes/agreement) Kobe Kobe/mtu mdogo (Turtle/slow person)
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