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Stress

🇪🇹 Ethiopia Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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ስትሬስ/ስትሬስ (Stress) - stress/pressure

"Too much stress (Too much stress)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇪🇹 Ethiopia
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April 2026

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Stress 🇩🇿 Algeria

Stress/pressure

"Too much stress"
Stress 🇸🇳 Senegal

Stressé/sous pression (Stressed/under pressure)

"Exam yi def nañu ma stress (The exams stressed me out)"

🇪🇹 About Ethiopia Slang

Ethiopian slang spans Amharic, Oromo, and Tigrinya, with Addis Abeba youth culture driving a mix of traditional expressions and modern street language.

KASINARY has 1778 Ethiopia slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Stress" Across Africa

This word is also used in 13 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Stress 🇩🇿 Algeria

Stress/pressure
Stress 🇸🇳 Senegal

Stressé/sous pression (Stressed/under pressure)
Stress 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Traka, presyon (Worry, pressure)
Stress 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Stress (Stress)
stress 🇦🇴 Angola

Tensão mental (Stress)
Stress 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Ukukhathazeka / Ukunqineka (Worrying / Being troubled)
Stress 🇬🇭 Ghana

Pressure/Mental strain (Mental pressure)
Stress 🇰🇪 Kenya

Mfadhaiko (Stress)
Stress 🇱🇷 Liberia

Pressure/Tension (Stressed)
Stress 🇱🇾 Libya

ستريس (Stress / pressure)
Stress 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Tensão, pressão (Stress, pressure)
Stress 🇳🇦 Namibia

Okupandulwa / worry (Stress / worry)
stress 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Stress (Stress/pressure)

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