What does Change mean?

Pesa ya mabadiliko (Change money) For example: "Huna change ya elfu moja? (Don't you have change for one thousand?)"

Where does the slang word Change come from?

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

What are other meanings of Change?

Change can also mean: Mabadiliko/kubadilika (Change/transformation)

Change

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang

Added Aug 21, 2025 · 2 definitions

TOP DEFINITION

Change definition 1

Pesa ya mabadiliko (Change money)

"Huna change ya elfu moja? (Don't you have change for one thousand?)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

DEFINITION 2

Change definition 2

Mabadiliko/kubadilika (Change/transformation)

"Change ya tabia ni muhimu kwa mafanikio (Behavior change is important for success)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

Word Details

Country: 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions: 2 community definitions
Added: August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Change 🇩🇿 Algeria

Currency exchange

"Good change rate"

Change 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Ti kas (Change)

"Mon pa ganny change (I don't have change)"

🇹🇿 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.

Browse all Tanzania slang (1747 words)

🌍 "Change" Across Africa

This word is also used in 18 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Change 🇩🇿 Algeria

Currency exchange

Change 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Ti kas (Change)

Change 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Small money (Change/small money)

Change 🇿🇦 South Africa

Kleingeld (Small money)

Change 🇧🇯 Benin

Échange de monnaie (Currency exchange)

Change 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Change (Change/balance)

Change 🇹🇬 Togo

Échange d'argent (Money exchange)

Change 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Imali lesalayo (Remaining money)

Change 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ቼንጅ/ለውጥ (Change)

Change 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Chelete e setseng / Phetolo (Money left / Change)

Change 🇱🇷 Liberia

Small money/Coins (Small bills/Change)

Change 🇱🇾 Libya

شانج (Exchange / change)

Change 🇲🇱 Mali

Wari falenfalen, wari ɲɔgɔnma (Money exchange, money change)

Change 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo

Change, taux de change (Exchange, exchange rate)

Change 🇳🇪 Niger

Canji, sauyi (Change, exchange)

Change 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Small money (Loose cash)

Change 🇿🇲 Zambia

Small money

change 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Change (Change/coins)

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