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Thrift

🇷🇼 Rwanda Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Imyambaro ya kabiri (Second-hand clothes)

"Naguze muri thrift. (I bought from thrift.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇷🇼 Rwanda
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Thrift 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Kuthenga emachinweni (Buying second-hand)

"Ngithrift-a tonkhe tingubo tami (I thrift all my clothes)"
Thrift 🇿🇦 South Africa

Tweedehandse klere (Second-hand clothes)

"Thrift shopping wins (Second-hand shopping wins)"

🇷🇼 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.

Browse all Rwanda slang (1774 words)

🌍 "Thrift" Across Africa

This word is also used in 10 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Thrift 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Kuthenga emachinweni (Buying second-hand)
Thrift 🇿🇦 South Africa

Tweedehandse klere (Second-hand clothes)
Thrift 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ትሪፍት/ያገለገለ ልብስ (Thrift)
Thrift 🇬🇦 Gabon

Friperie, vêtements d'occasion (Second-hand clothes)
Thrift 🇬🇭 Ghana

Second-hand shopping (Used clothes shopping)
Thrift 🇰🇪 Kenya

Kununua mitumba (To buy second-hand)
Thrift 🇱🇾 Libya

ثريفت (Thrift)
Thrift 🇳🇦 Namibia

Second-hand clothes shopping (Used clothes shopping)
Thrift 🇬🇲 Gambia

Thrift naa vintage (I thrifted vintage)
Thrift 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Second-hand shopping (Budget fashion)

🇷🇼 More Rwanda Slang

Bakery Aho bateka imigati (Bakery) Affirmations Imvugo nziza (Positive words) Sambusa Ibiryo by'abasilamu (Muslim food) Furnished Ifite ibikoresho (Has furniture) City tour Kuzenguruka mu mujyi (City tour) Gukura mu bukene Kuva mu buhoro ugera mu bunini (To rise from poverty to wealth)
View all 1774 Rwanda slang words

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