Sherehe kubwa (Big party) For example: "Bash ya mwisho wa mwaka ni mnamo wiki ijayo (Year-end bash is sometime next week)"

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Bash is a slang term from Tanzania. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in Tanzania and across Africa.

Bash

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang

Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition

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Sherehe kubwa (Big party)

"Bash ya mwisho wa mwaka ni mnamo wiki ijayo (Year-end bash is sometime next week)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

Country: 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions: 1 community definition
Added: August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Bash 🇧🇼 Botswana

Bash (Party)

"Go na le bash ko John (There's a party at John's)"

Bash 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Hafla kabira (Big party)

"Fi bash fi weekend (There's a bash on weekend)"

🇹🇿 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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🌍 "Bash" Across Africa

This word is also used in 6 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Bash 🇧🇼 Botswana

Bash (Party)

Bash 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Hafla kabira (Big party)

Bash 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Ipati enkulu / Umcimbi omkhulu (Big party / Big event)

Bash 🇳🇦 Namibia

Big party / event (Large party)

Bash 🇿🇲 Zambia

Party

bash 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Bash (Big party)

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