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Penda

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 03, 2025 · 1 definition
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Penda definition 1

Love; like

"Napenda Tanzania (I love Tanzania)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025

Word Details

Country
🇹🇿 Tanzania
Definitions
1 community definition
Added
August 2025

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🇹🇿 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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🌍 "Penda" Across Africa

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

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