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Selfie

🇸🇳 Senegal Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Photo de soi (Selfie)

"Ñu jël selfie ci Grand Théâtre bi (Let's take a selfie at the Grand Theatre)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇸🇳 Senegal
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Selfie 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Self photo (Selfie)

"Make we take selfie. (Let's take a selfie.)"
Selfie 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Self photo

"Let's take a selfie"

🇸🇳 About Senegal Slang

Senegalese slang is built on Wolof, the lingua franca spoken by 80% of the population, blended with French to create a rich urban vocabulary in Dakar.

KASINARY has 141 Senegal slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Senegal slang (141 words)

🌍 "Selfie" Across Africa

This word is also used in 22 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Selfie 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Self photo (Selfie)
Selfie 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Self photo
Selfie 🇿🇦 South Africa

Self foto (Self photo)
Selfie 🇸🇩 Sudan

Sura nafsi (Self photo)
Selfie 🇩🇿 Algeria

Self photo
selfie 🇦🇴 Angola

Autorretrato (Self-portrait)
Selfie 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Soora nafsi (Self photo)
Selfie 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Selfie (Self photo)
Selfie 🇧🇮 Burundi

Selfie (Selfie)
Selfie 🇹🇿 Tanzania

Picha ya ubinafsi (Personal photo)
Selfie 🇹🇬 Togo

Auto-portrait (Self-portrait)
Selfie 🇪🇬 Egypt

سيلفي - Selfie
Selfie 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ሴልፊ/የራስ ፎቶ (Selfie)
Selfie 🇬🇦 Gabon

Autoportrait photo (Self-portrait photo)
Selfie 🇹🇳 Tunisia

Selfie (Selfie)
Selfie 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Senepe sa ka / Foto ea ka (My picture / Self photo)
Selfie 🇱🇾 Libya

سيلفي (Selfie / self photo)
Selfie 🇲🇬 Madagascar

Sary tena / Selfie
Selfie 🇲🇱 Mali

I yɛrɛ ja ta, yɛrɛ ja (Take your own photo, self photo)
Selfie

Self photo
Selfie 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe

Foto própria (Foto própria) (Selfie)
selfie 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Selfie (Self photo)

🇸🇳 More Senegal Slang

Jongoma Petite amie/copine (Girlfriend) Disquette A pretty young girl (lit. floppy disk) (Origin: Wolof/Senegalese) Gannaaw Après/plus tard (After/later) Camembérer To have stinky feet (smell like cheese) (Origin: Wolof/Senegalese) Chill Se détendre/se relaxer (To chill/relax) Piquer Tricher/copier (To cheat/copy)
View all 141 Senegal slang words

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Boutiquier 🇸🇳 Senegal

A small shop owner; often youth say “borom butik” (owner of the shop) to refer to them.

Teuf 🇸🇳 Senegal

Fête/soirée (Party)

Déèt 🇸🇳 Senegal

No (Wolof word for no) (Origin: Wolof/Senegalese)

Nag 🇸🇳 Senegal

Anyway or to emphasize a point (Origin: Wolof/Senegalese)

Fresh 🇸🇳 Senegal

Frais/propre/bien habillé (Fresh/clean/well dressed)

Sama gars 🇸🇳 Senegal

Mon pote/frère (My guy/bro)

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