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Propose

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

Go propose (To propose)

"O tla propose leng? (When will you propose?)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Propose definition 2

Ho kopa lenyalo / Ho hlahisa morero (To propose marriage / To present intention)

"Ke tla mo propose December! (I'll propose in December!)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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2 community definitions
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Propose 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Propose/court (Propose/ask out)

"E don propose to mi. (He has proposed to me.)"
Propose 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho kopa lenyalo / Ho hlahisa morero (To propose marriage / To present intention)

"Ke tla mo propose December! (I'll propose in December!)"

🇧🇼 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.

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🌍 "Propose" Across Africa

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

Propose 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Propose/court (Propose/ask out)
Propose 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho kopa lenyalo / Ho hlahisa morero (To propose marriage / To present intention)

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