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Jealous

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 4 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Jealous definition 1

Go nna jealous (To be jealous)

"O jealous thata (You're very jealous)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Jealous definition 2

Jealous (Jealous)

"Why you di jealous? (Why are you jealous?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 07, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Jealous definition 3

Envious/Resentful (Covetous)

"Make you no jealous me (Don't be envious of me)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Jealous definition 4

Lefufa / Mona (Jealous / Envious)

"O jealous ka koloi ea ka! (You're jealous of my car!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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4 community definitions
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Jealous 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Envious (Jealous)

"E jealous of yu. (He's jealous of you.)"
Jealous 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Jealous (Jealous)

"Why you di jealous? (Why are you jealous?)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

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

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🌍 "Jealous" Across Africa

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

Jealous 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Envious (Jealous)
Jealous 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Jealous (Jealous)
Jealous 🇬🇭 Ghana

Envious/Resentful (Covetous)
Jealous 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Lefufa / Mona (Jealous / Envious)
Jealous 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Envious (Envious)

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