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Fam

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Familia/jamii (Fam/family)

"Fam yetu inapanga safari ya Mwanza (Our fam is planning Mwanza trip)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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Fam 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Short form of “family,” used like “bro” or to address a close friend.

Fam 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Fanmiy, kamarad (Family, friends)

"Sa pou fam selman (That's for family only)"

🇹🇿 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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🌍 "Fam" Across Africa

This word is also used in 15 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Fam 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Short form of “family,” used like “bro” or to address a close friend.
Fam 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Fanmiy, kamarad (Family, friends)
Fam 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Family or close friends
Fam 🇧🇼 Botswana

Fam (Family/Close friends)
Fam 🇧🇮 Burundi

Fam (Family)
Fam 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Usra/jamaa (Family/group)
Fam 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Fam (Family/close friends)
Fam 🇬🇭 Ghana

Family/Close friends (Inner circle)
Fam 🇰🇪 Kenya

Familia / Marafiki (Family/friends)
Fam 🇱🇷 Liberia

Family/Close friends (Fam)
Fam 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Família, próximos (Family, close ones)
Fam 🇳🇦 Namibia

Family / close friends (Inner circle)
Fam 🇬🇲 Gambia

What's good fam? (What's up family?)
Fam

Family or close friends
Fam 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Umuryango cyangwa inshuti (Family or friends)

🇹🇿 More Tanzania Slang

Motochini “Fire down,” meaning keep a low profile or stay calm. Adhuhuri Adhuhuri/wakati wa kati (Noon/middle time) Chakula cha haraka Chakula cha kasi (Fast food) Mkuu wa ukoo (Family head) Kiongozi wa familia kubwa (Leader of extended family) Hekima Hekima/busara (Wisdom/intelligence) Kula good time Eng-Swa mix meaning “enjoy a good time.”
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Chakula kitamu sana (Very delicious food)

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Darasa/chumba cha masomo (Class/study room)

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Mbwa/mnyama wa nyumbani (Dog/home animal)

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