Mambo

🇹🇿 Tanzania
Added July 15, 2025
TOP DEFINITION
Informal 'hi' similar to saying 'things?' to check in.
"Mambo vipi bro?"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 03, 2025
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What's up; how are things
"Mambo vipi? (What's up?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 03, 2025
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Assunto / situação (Matter / situation)
"Qual é o mambo? (What's the matter?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 05, 2025
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Borrowed from Swahili (through Tanzania), mambo means 'thing' or 'matter' – similar to cena
"Qual é o mambo, 'tou a sentir vibes estranhas aqui. (What's the deal, I'm sensing weird vibes here.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 03, 2025
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Literally 'things/affairs' in Swahili, used as a casual 'hi.' One says 'mambo?' and the other might reply 'poa' or 'freshi.'
"Mambo vipi? (How are things?) – Poa, poa."
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 02, 2025
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What's up greeting in Tanzanian
"<a href="/word/mambo-vipi" class="internal-link" title="View definition of Mambo vipi">Mambo vipi</a> my friend"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · July 15, 2025
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Mambo (What's up - from Swahili)
"Mambo vipi? (What's up?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 06, 2025
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Habari (What's up / greetings)
"Mambo vipi? (What's up?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 10, 2025
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Rei, chefe supremo (King, supreme chief)
"Respeitar o mambo (Respect the king)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 10, 2025
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Mambo/vitu (Things/stuff)
"Mambo ya maisha ni changamano (Life things are challenges)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · August 26, 2025
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