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Block

🇷🇼 Rwanda Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Block definition 1

Guhagarika umuntu kukugeraho (To stop someone from reaching you)

"Namublockingye. (I blocked him.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Block definition 2

Akarere gato (Small area)

"Ni umuturanyi wa block. (He's a neighbor from the block.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇷🇼 Rwanda
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Block 🇩🇿 Algeria

Block someone online

"I had to block him"
Block 🇺🇬 Uganda

Block (Block)

"Block number (Block number)"

🇷🇼 About Rwanda Slang

Rwandan slang reflects the country's Kinyarwanda culture alongside French and English influences, shaped by Kigali's growing young urban population.

KASINARY has 1774 Rwanda slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Rwanda slang (1774 words)

🌍 "Block" Across Africa

This word is also used in 21 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Block 🇩🇿 Algeria

Bloquear (To block)
Block 🇺🇬 Uganda

Block (Block)
Block 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Blok (Block)
Block 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Block (Block)
Block 🇦🇴 Angola

Bloquear (To block)
Block 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Block (Neighborhood block)
Block 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Block (To block online)
Block 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Bloquer (Block)
Block 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Kuzuia/kukataza (To block/prohibit)
Block 🇹🇬 Togo

Bloquer (Block)
Block 🇪🇬 Egypt

بلوك - حظر (Block)
Block 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Indawo (Area/block)
Block 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ብሎክ/አግድ (Block)
Block 🇬🇦 Gabon

Bloquer quelqu'un (To block someone)
Block 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Block (Block)
Block 🇱🇷 Liberia

Street section/Area (Block)
Block 🇱🇾 Libya

بلوك (Block / cut off)
Block 🇲🇬 Madagascar

Manakana / Bloquer
Block 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Bloquear (To block)
Block 🇬🇲 Gambia

Block naa ko (I blocked him/her)
Block 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Street or area (Neighborhood)

🇷🇼 More Rwanda Slang

Gucyura ubwoba Gutinya kugeza ku muntu ukunda (To be too shy to approach someone you like) Traffic solution Igisubizo cy'embouteillage (Traffic solution) Organic farming Ubuhinzi busanzwe (Natural farming) Booking Kubika icyanya (Making reservation) After party Ibirori bikurikira ibyambere (Party after the main event) Ruhengeri Izina rya kera rya Musanze (Old name for Musanze)
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Inkomoko y'ibyabaye (Event sourcing)

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Muganga w'umwihariko (Specialist doctor)

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