What does Match mean?

Pas saam (Compatible) For example: "We matched! (We're compatible!)"

Where does the slang word Match come from?

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

Match

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang

Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition

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Match definition 1

Pas saam (Compatible)

"We matched! (We're compatible!)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

Word Details

Country: 🇿🇦 South Africa
Definitions: 1 community definition
Added: April 2026

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🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

KASINARY has 2661 South Africa slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Match" Across Africa

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

Dating match

Mas (Match)

Mubara (Game/match)

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 🇳🇦 Namibia

Ompata (Sports game)

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 South Africa Slang

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