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Pressure

🇿🇲 Zambia Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Hypertension

"Pressure disease (Hypertension)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇲 Zambia
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1 community definition
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April 2026

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Pressure 🇧🇼 Botswana

Pressure ya lenyalo (Marriage pressure)

"Ba pressure ya lenyalo (Family marriage pressure)"
Pressure 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Pressure (Pressure)

"E under pressure. (He's under pressure.)"

🇿🇲 About Zambia Slang

Zambian slang blends English with local languages like Bemba, Nyanja, and Tonga, shaped by the Copperbelt's unique working-class culture.

KASINARY has 1428 Zambia slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Pressure" Across Africa

This word is also used in 6 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Pressure 🇧🇼 Botswana

Pressure ya lenyalo (Marriage pressure)
Pressure 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Pressure (Pressure)
Pressure 🇬🇭 Ghana

Stress/Overwhelming situation (Pressure or stress)
Pressure 🇰🇪 Kenya

Shinikizo (Pressure)
Pressure 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Stress or urgency (Pushing)
pressure 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Pressure (Pressure)

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