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Stress

🇸🇳 Senegal Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Stressé/sous pression (Stressed/under pressure)

"Exam yi def nañu ma stress (The exams stressed me out)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇸🇳 Senegal
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Stress 🇩🇿 Algeria

Stress/pressure

"Too much stress"
Stress 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Traka, presyon (Worry, pressure)

"Pa donn mwan stress! (Don't give me stress!)"

🇸🇳 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)

🌍 "Stress" Across Africa

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

Stress 🇩🇿 Algeria

Stress/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 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ስትሬስ/ስትሬስ (Stress) - stress/pressure
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)

🇸🇳 More Senegal Slang

Thiès-Thiès Personne de Thiès (Person from Thiès) Contaan Content/heureux (Happy/content) Mbokk Famille/parents (Family/relatives) Bégn Détester/ne pas aimer (To hate/dislike) Marché Marché/opportunité (Market/opportunity) Jërëjëf “Thank you.” Commonly used among Wolof speakers even if French is also spoken.
View all 141 Senegal slang words

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