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Shade

🇷🇼 Rwanda Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Kutuka mu buryo bw'ubuhanga (To insult cleverly)

"Yamusize shade. (She threw shade at him.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇷🇼 Rwanda
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Shade 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Disrespect, insult

"She threw shade at me"
Shade 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Kalam wihish bi khafa (Hidden mean talk)

"Ma tarmi shade (Don't throw shade)"

🇷🇼 About Rwanda Slang

Rwandan slang reflects the country's Kinyarwanda culture alongside French and English influences, shaped by Kigali's growing young urban population.

KASINARY has 1774 Rwanda slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Shade" Across Africa

This word is also used in 11 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Shade 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Disrespect, insult
Shade 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Kalam wihish bi khafa (Hidden mean talk)
Shade 🇪🇬 Egypt

شيد - Shade/Disrespect
Shade 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ho nyefola / Mantswe a sephiri (To throw shade / Secret words)
Shade 🇱🇷 Liberia

Disrespect/Insult subtly (Throw shade)
Shade 🇱🇾 Libya

شيد (Shade / indirect insult)
Shade 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Indiretas (Indirect insults)
Shade 🇬🇲 Gambia

Dafa throw shade (He/she threw shade)
Shade

Disrespect, insult
Shade 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Subtle disrespect (Indirect insult)
shade 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Kushora pasina kunanga (Indirect insult)

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