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Hug

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 2 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Hug definition 1

Go hug (To embrace)

"Ke batla hug (I want a hug)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Hug definition 2

حضن - Hug

"محتاج حضن (I need a hug) - Me7tag 7odn"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 09, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇧🇼 Botswana
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Hug 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Kole (Hug)

"Vin donn mwan en hug (Come give me a hug)"
Hug 🇺🇬 Uganda

Hug (Hug)

"Hug ya tight (Tight hug)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

KASINARY has 1824 Botswana slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Hug" Across Africa

This word is also used in 5 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Hug 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Kole (Hug)
Hug 🇺🇬 Uganda

Hug (Hug)
Hug 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Embrace (Hug)
Hug 🇪🇬 Egypt

حضن - Hug
Hug 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Hug (Hug)

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