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Kapenta

🇿🇲 Zambia Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 2 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Kapenta definition 1

Small dried fish

"Ndiphike kapenta (Let me cook kapenta)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026
DEFINITION 2

Kapenta definition 2

Small fish

"Fried kapenta (Fried small fish)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇿🇲 Zambia
Definitions
2 community definitions
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Kapena 🇿🇲 Zambia

Or/maybe

"Kapena sitifuna (Or we don't want)"
Kapena 🇳🇦 Namibia

Oshimaliwa shoka sha fa (Emergency money / last money)

"Onda pumbwa kapena yandje yoku shilithako. (I used my last money for transport.)"

🇿🇲 About Zambia Slang

Zambian slang blends English with local languages like Bemba, Nyanja, and Tonga, shaped by the Copperbelt's unique working-class culture.

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