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Boss

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Baas, werkgewer (Employer, boss)

"The boss is watching (The employer is watching)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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April 2026

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Boss 🇦🇴 Angola

Chefe / pessoa importante (Boss / important person)

"Ele é o boss aqui (He's the boss here)"
Boss 🇺🇬 Uganda

Boss (Boss)

"Boss wange (My boss)"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

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🌍 "Boss" Across Africa

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

Boss 🇦🇴 Angola

Chefe / pessoa importante (Boss / important person)
Boss 🇺🇬 Uganda

Boss (Boss)
Boss 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Sef, patron (Chief, boss)
Boss 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Supervisor (Boss)
Boss 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Boss (Boss - English/French)
Boss 🇧🇮 Burundi

Boss (Boss)
Boss 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Boss (Boss)
Boss 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Mkubwa/mzee (Big person/elder)
Boss 🇹🇬 Togo

Chef/leader (Boss/leader)
Boss 🇨🇩 DR Congo

Patron, chef (Boss, chief) - English/slang
Boss 🇪🇬 Egypt

بوس - Boss
Boss 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Umphathi / Umuntu ophethe (Manager / Person in charge)
Boss 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ቦስ/አለቃ (Boss)
Boss 🇰🇪 Kenya

Mkuu (Boss)
Boss 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Mookameli / Ramosebetsi (Manager / Employer)
Boss 🇱🇷 Liberia

Employer/Manager (Boss)
Boss 🇱🇾 Libya

بوص (Boss / chief)
Boss 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Chefe, pessoa respeitada (Boss, respected person)
Boss 🇳🇦 Namibia

Omukulu / employer (Boss / employer)
Boss 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Umuyobozi ku kazi (Manager at work)
Boss 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Mukuru (Boss)

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