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Make up

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 5 definitions
TOP DEFINITION

Make up definition 1

Go make up (Reconcile)

"Re make up (We made up)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Make up definition 2

Make up (To reconcile)

"Make we make up (Let's make up)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 07, 2025
DEFINITION 3

Make up definition 3

Tipenti tebuso (Face paint/cosmetics)

"Angitsandi make-up leningi (I don't like too much make-up)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 4

Make up definition 4

Reconcile/Get back together (Reunite)

"They always break up and make up! (They always break up and make up!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025
DEFINITION 5

Make up definition 5

Cosmetics/Beauty (Face paint)

"Light make up! (Light cosmetics!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇧🇼 Botswana
Definitions
5 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Make up 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Mikiaz (Make up)

"Ou make up i parfet (Your make up is perfect)"
Make up 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Make up (To reconcile)

"Make we make up (Let's make up)"

🇧🇼 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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🌍 "Make up" Across Africa

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

Make up 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Mikiaz (Make up)
Make up 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Make up (To reconcile)
Make-up 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Tipenti tebuso (Face paint/cosmetics)
Make up 🇱🇷 Liberia

Reconcile/Get back together (Reunite)
Make up 🇿🇲 Zambia

Cosmetics

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