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🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 06, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Play definition 1

Play (Energy drink)

"Play energy drink (Play energy drink)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Play definition 2

Participate/Compete (Play)

"I want play for national team! (I want to play for the national team!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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2 community definitions
Added
August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Play 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Play (Play)

"Make we play cards. (Let's play cards.)"
Play 🇱🇷 Liberia

Participate/Compete (Play)

"I want play for national team! (I want to play for the national team!)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

KASINARY has 1824 Botswana slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Botswana slang (1824 words)

🌍 "Play" Across Africa

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

Play 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Play (Play)
Play 🇱🇷 Liberia

Participate/Compete (Play)

🇧🇼 More Botswana Slang

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