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Daba-daba

🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Daba-daba definition 1

Travailler très dur (To work very hard)

"Il faut daba-daba pour réussir (You must work very hard to succeed)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Daba-daba 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Daba-daba (Plenty/a lot)

"Il y a daba-daba de monde! (There are lots of people!)"
Faba-faba 🇳🇪 Niger

Mota maras kyau (Bad car)

"Faba-faba dinsa ya lalace (His bad car broke down)"

🇨🇮 About Côte d'Ivoire Slang

Ivorian slang centres on Nouchi, a colourful urban creole born in Abidjan that blends French with Dioula, Bété, and other local languages into one of West Africa's most distinctive street dialects.

KASINARY has 1498 Côte d'Ivoire slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Daba-daba" Across Africa

This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

Daba-daba 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Daba-daba (Plenty/a lot)

🇨🇮 More Côte d'Ivoire Slang

Kilomètre-zéro Centre-ville (City center) Djêguê-djêguê Bagarre ou dispute (Fight or argument) Xtra-large Très grand (Extra large) C'est gâté entre nous Notre relation est finie (Our relationship is over) Dja C'est une femme ou une copine en Nouchi (It's a woman or girlfriend in Nouchi) Dabali Permis, autorisé en Dioula (Permitted in Dioula)
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