What does Match mean?

Ompata (Sports game) For example: "The match starts at 3pm. (The game starts at 3pm.)"

Where does the slang word Match come from?

Match is a slang term from Namibia. It is part of the rich slang vocabulary used in Namibia and across Africa.

Match

🇳🇦 Namibia Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition

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Match definition 1

Ompata (Sports game)

"The match starts at 3pm. (The game starts at 3pm.)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country: 🇳🇦 Namibia
Definitions: 1 community definition
Added: April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Match 🇩🇿 Algeria

Game/match; sports event

"You watching the match tonight?"

Match 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Mas (Match)

"Match kont Praslin demen (Match against Praslin tomorrow)"

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🌍 "Match" Across Africa

This word is also used in 28 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Match 🇩🇿 Algeria

Dating match

Match 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Mas (Match)

Match 🇿🇦 South Africa

Pas saam (Compatible)

Match 🇸🇩 Sudan

Mubara (Game/match)

Match 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Mubara (Game/competition)

Match 🇦🇴 Angola

Combinação no Tinder (Tinder match)

Match 🇧🇯 Benin

Compétition sportive (Sports match)

Match 🇧🇼 Botswana

Match (Mutual interest)

Match 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Match (Game)

Match 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Match (Game/match)

Match 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Match de foot (Football match)

Match 🇩🇯 Djibouti

Match/game (French/English)

Match 🇪🇬 Egypt

ماتش - Match

Match 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ማች/ተመሳሳይ (Match)

Match 🇬🇭 Ghana

Mutual interest/Connection (Dating connection)

Match 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Match (Match)

Match 🇰🇪 Kenya

Mechi (Match)

Match 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Papali / Game (Match / Game)

Match 🇱🇷 Liberia

Game/Competition (Match)

Match 🇱🇾 Libya

ماتش (Match / game)

Match 🇲🇱 Mali

Ntolatan kelenya, jeu compétition (Playing competition, game competition)

Match 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Combinar roupas (To match clothes)

Match 🇬🇲 Gambia

Perfect match (Perfect partner)

Match 🇳🇪 Niger

Wasa (Match)

Match 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Guhuza imyambaro (To coordinate clothes)

Match 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

Kombiná (Combinar) (Match)

Match 🇿🇲 Zambia

Game

Match 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Mutambo (match)

🇳🇦 More Namibia Slang

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