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Mapira

🇲🇿 Mozambique Slang
Added Aug 10, 2025 · 1 definition
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Mapira definition 1

Sorgo (Sorghum)

"Plantar mapira (Plant sorghum)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

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🇲🇿 Mozambique
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1 community definition
Added
August 2025

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mapira 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Mapira (Traditional ceremony)

"Tiri kumapira (We're at the ceremony)"
Mpira 🇿🇲 Zambia

Ball/football

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🇲🇿 About Mozambique Slang

Mozambican slang blends Portuguese with Emakhuwa, Ndau, and other Bantu languages, shaped by Maputo's urban youth and Afro-house culture.

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🌍 "Mapira" Across Africa

This word is also used in 1 other country, sometimes with a different meaning.

mapira 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Mapira (Traditional ceremony)

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