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Hala

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Aug 02, 2025 · 4 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Hala definition 1

Call / shout at.

"Hala me when you arrive."
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 02, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Hala definition 2

Right now/immediately

"Do it hala"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 05, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Hala definition 3

Hala (To shout/make noise)

"Why you di hala so? (Why are you shouting like that?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 07, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Hala definition 4

Crier (Shout)

"Pourquoi tu hala? (Why are you shouting?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇿🇦 South Africa
Definitions
4 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Hala 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Greet/call out (Holler/greet)

"Hala mi when yu kam. (Call me when you come.)"
Hala 🇩🇿 Algeria

Right now/immediately

"Do it hala"

🇿🇦 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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🌍 "Hala" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Hala 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Greet/call out (Holler/greet)
Hala 🇩🇿 Algeria

Right now/immediately
Hala 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Hala (To shout/make noise)

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