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Block

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Block definition 1

Kuzuia/kukataza (To block/prohibit)

"Nimemblock kwa sababu ya uchochezi (I blocked him because of provocation)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Block definition 2

Kuzuia mtu (Block person)

"Nimemblock kwa sababu anachochea (I blocked him because he provokes)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Block 🇩🇿 Algeria

Block someone online

"I had to block him"
Block 🇺🇬 Uganda

Block (Block)

"Block number (Block number)"

🇹🇿 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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🌍 "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 🇹🇬 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)
Block 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Guhagarika umuntu kukugeraho (To stop someone from reaching you)

🇹🇿 More Tanzania Slang

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