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Loan

🇿🇼 Zimbabwe Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Loan definition 1

Chikwereti (loan)

"Loan yangu handikwanisi kuibhadhara (I can't pay my loan)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe
Definitions
1 community definition
Added
April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Loan 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Loan (Borrowed money)

"Apply for loan (Apply for borrowed money)"
Loan 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Anpren larzan (Borrow money)

"Mon bezwen pran en loan (I need to take a loan)"

🇿🇼 About Zimbabwe Slang

Zimbabwean slang draws from Shona, Ndebele, and English, shaped by urban Harare youth culture and Zimdancehall music.

KASINARY has 964 Zimbabwe slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Loan" Across Africa

This word is also used in 9 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Loan 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Loan (Borrowed money)
Loan 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Anpren larzan (Borrow money)
Loan 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ሎን/ሎን (Loan) - loan
Loan 🇰🇪 Kenya

Mkopo (Loan)
Loan 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Kalimo / Moholo (Loan / Debt)
Loan 🇱🇾 Libya

لون (Loan)
Loan 🇺🇬 Uganda

Loan (Loan)
Loan 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Inguzanyo (Borrowed money)
Loan 🇿🇲 Zambia

Borrowed money

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