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Sawa

🇹🇿 Tanzania Slang
Added Aug 21, 2025 · 2 definitions
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Sawa definition 1

Sawa/nzuri (Okay/good)

"Sawa tu ndugu, tutaonana kesho (Okay brother, we'll see each other tomorrow)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025
DEFINITION 2

Sawa definition 2

Sawa/kubali (Okay/accept)

"Sawa bwana, tutafanya hivyo (Okay sir, we'll do that)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 21, 2025

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🇹🇿 Tanzania
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Sawa 🇰🇪 Kenya

Okay or fine in Kenyan <a href="/word/slang" class="internal-link" title="View definition of Slang">slang</a>

"We meet at 3pm sawa I'll be there"
Sawa 🇧🇮 Burundi

Sawa (Okay/fine - from Swahili)

"Sawa, tuzokora (Okay, we'll do it)"

🇹🇿 About Tanzania Slang

Tanzanian slang is rooted in Swahili, the national language, with vibrant Bongo Flava music culture adding fresh terms to everyday speech in Dar es Salaam.

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🌍 "Sawa" Across Africa

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

Sawa 🇰🇪 Kenya

Okay or fine in Kenyan <a href="/word/slang" class="internal-link" title="View definition of Slang">slang</a>
Sawa 🇧🇮 Burundi

Sawa (Okay/fine - from Swahili)
Sawa 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Sawa (Coastal people)
Sawa 🇨🇩 DR Congo

D'accord, OK (Okay, alright) - Swahili

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