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Mdogo

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 1 definition
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Mdogo definition 1

Mdogo/kidogo (Small/little)

"Mtoto mdogo anasienda shule bado (Small child doesn't go to school yet)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

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Mdogo 🇨🇩 DR Congo

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Mdogo 🇨🇩 DR Congo

Petit frère (Little brother) - Swahili slang

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