Skip to main content

Benga

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 4 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Benga definition 1

Benga (Kenya music)

"Luo benga (Kenyan music)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Benga definition 2

Benga (Rice and beans dish)

"Ma mère prépare le benga! (My mother prepares rice and beans!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Benga definition 3

Prendre, saisir (To take, grab)

"Benga ton sac et on y va. (Grab your bag and let's go.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Benga definition 4

Muziki wa Kiluo (Luo music)

"Benga ni traditional (Benga is traditional)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇧🇼 Botswana
Definitions
4 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Benga 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Benga (Rice and beans dish)

"Ma mère prépare le benga! (My mother prepares rice and beans!)"
Benga 🇬🇦 Gabon

Prendre, saisir (To take, grab)

"Benga ton sac et on y va. (Grab your bag and let's go.)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

KASINARY has 1824 Botswana slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Botswana slang (1824 words)

🌍 "Benga" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Benga 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Benga (Rice and beans dish)
Benga 🇬🇦 Gabon

Prendre, saisir (To take, grab)
Benga 🇰🇪 Kenya

Muziki wa Kiluo (Luo music)

🇧🇼 More Botswana Slang

Mampara Mampara (Fool) Sacrifice Go sacrifice (To give up) Modern relationship Modern relationship (Contemporary) Partner Partner (Friend/Associate) Ghosting Go ghosta (To disappear) Blue cheese Blue cheese (Moldy cheese)
View all 1824 Botswana slang words

Related Botswana Slang Words

Food truck 🇧🇼 Botswana

Food truck (Mobile restaurant)

Tax clearance 🇧🇼 Botswana

Tax clearance (Tax certificate)

All gold 🇧🇼 Botswana

All gold (Tomato sauce)

Don Julio 🇧🇼 Botswana

Don Julio (Tequila)

Smirnoff 🇧🇼 Botswana

Smirnoff (Vodka)

Moretlwa 🇧🇼 Botswana

Moretlwa (Leadwood tree)

Go tlhoka tebogo 🇧🇼 Botswana

Go tlhoka tebogo (To be ungrateful)

Corona 🇧🇼 Botswana

Corona (Mexican beer)

More from Khulekani Dladla

Bolingo

(Lingala) The word for 'love' in Lingala, a language spoken in D.R. Congo. It's often hear…
bira 🇿🇼

Umgidi (traditional ceremony)
Bridal shower 🇿🇼

Shower yemwenga (bridal shower)
Bachelor party 🇿🇼

Pati yevakomana (bachelor party)
Lobola negotiations 🇿🇼

Nhaurirano dzeroora (lobola negotiations)

Discussion (0 comments)

Be the first to share your thoughts on Benga.

Leave a Comment

Keep exploring African slang

Random Word Browse B 🇧🇼 Botswana Slang 🌍 All 54 Countries