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Fire

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Kuhle kakhulu (Very good/hot)

"That track is fire! (That song is amazing!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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April 2026

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Fire 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Great, awesome

"This playlist is fire"
Fire 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Dismiss (Fire/sack)

"Dem fire am yesterday. (They fired him yesterday.)"

🇿🇦 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.

KASINARY has 2661 South Africa slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Fire" Across Africa

This word is also used in 19 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Fire 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Great, awesome
Fire 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Dismiss (Fire/sack)
Fire 🇩🇿 Algeria

Awesome/hot
Fire 🇧🇼 Botswana

Fire (Excellent/Hot)
Fire 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Nar/mumtaz (Fire/excellent)
Fire 🇧🇮 Burundi

Fire (Amazing)
Fire 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Kitu kizuri (Something good)
Fire 🇪🇬 Egypt

فاير - Fire/Amazing
Fire 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ፋየር/ድንቅ (Fire/amazing)
Fire 🇬🇦 Gabon

Excellent, chaud (Excellent, hot)
Fire 🇰🇪 Kenya

Moto / Nzuri sana (Hot / Very good)
Fire 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho leleka / Ho ntša mosebetsing (To chase / To remove from work)
Fire 🇱🇷 Liberia

Dismiss/Terminate (Fire from job)
Fire 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Excelente, quente (Excellent, hot)
Fire 🇳🇦 Namibia

Oshiwa kwaashi / excellent (Excellent / hot)
Fire

Great, awesome
Fire 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Ikintu cyiza birenze (Something extremely good)
Fire 🇺🇬 Uganda

Fire (Excellent)
Fire 🇿🇲 Zambia

You're doing great

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