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Pilipili

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

Pilipili/kitu cha uchungu (Pepper/spicy thing)

"Pilipili ya Zanzibar ni kali sana (Zanzibar pepper is very hot)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Pilipili 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo

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Pili-pili 🇬🇦 Gabon

Piment, épicé (Pepper, spicy)

"C'est trop pili-pili! (It's too spicy!)"

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Pilipili 🇨🇬 Republic of Congo

Sauce pimentée (Hot sauce)

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