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Roadblock

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

Roadblock (Police checkpoint)

"Go na le roadblock (There's a roadblock)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 06, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Roadblock definition 2

Ho koaloa ha tsela / Mapolesa tseleng (Road closure / Police on road)

"Ho na le roadblock Maseru! (There's a roadblock in Maseru!)"
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

Roadblock 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Hajiz tariq (Road barrier)

"Fi roadblock gudam (There's a roadblock ahead)"
Roadblock 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho koaloa ha tsela / Mapolesa tseleng (Road closure / Police on road)

"Ho na le roadblock Maseru! (There's a roadblock in Maseru!)"

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

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

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🌍 "Roadblock" Across Africa

This word is also used in 4 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Roadblock 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Hajiz tariq (Road barrier)
Roadblock 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho koaloa ha tsela / Mapolesa tseleng (Road closure / Police on road)
Roadblock 🇿🇲 Zambia

Police checkpoint
roadblock 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Roadblock (Police checkpoint)

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