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Jare

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Jul 17, 2025 · 1 definition
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Jare definition 1

A casual “please/forget it” or added for emphasis at sentence end meaning “just” (to soften a statement).

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Jul 17, 2025

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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July 2025

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Jare 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Please or emphasis (Pleading emphasis)

"Leave me jare (Please leave me alone)"
Jar 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Jar (Neighbor)

"Jar tayeb (Good neighbor)"

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Jare 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Please or emphasis (Pleading emphasis)

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