Tchova

🇲🇿 Mozambique Slang

Added Aug 03, 2025 · 2 definitions

TOP DEFINITION

Tchova definition 1

Short for tchova-xita-dula, a hand-pushed wheelbarrow used for carrying loads. By extension, to hustle doing odd jobs

"Ele vive do tchova, carregando caixa no mercado. (He makes a living with a wheelbarrow, hauling crates at the market.)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 03, 2025

DEFINITION 2

Tchova definition 2

Trabalhar duro (Work hard)

"Temos que tchova pra viver (We have to work hard to live)"

by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 10, 2025

Word Details

Country: 🇲🇿 Mozambique
Definitions: 2 community definitions
Added: August 2025

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