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Mkopo

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Mkopo definition 1

Loan; credit

"Naomba mkopo (I'm asking for a loan)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Mkopo 🇰🇪 Kenya

Loan

"Nataka mkopo wa thao (I want a loan of a thousand)"

Crédit/Prêt (Credit/Loan)

"Ye gari imeharibika - The car has broken down"

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

Tanzanian slang is rooted in Swahili, the national language, with vibrant Bongo Flava music culture adding fresh terms to everyday speech in Dar es Salaam.

KASINARY has 1747 Tanzania slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Mkopo" Across Africa

This word is also used in 2 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Mkopo 🇰🇪 Kenya

Loan; credit
Mkopo

Crédit/Prêt (Credit/Loan)

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