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Yah

🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Yah definition 1

Means 'yes.' Locals often say yah instead of 'sim' in casual conversation. It's an affirmative grunt that's uniquely Santomean

"Posso te ligar mais tarde? – Yah, yah. (Can I call you later? – Yeah, yeah.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe
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August 2025

↻ Similar Words

Yah 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Yeah

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Yah 🇱🇷 Liberia

Agreement/Yes (Yeah)

"Yah, I coming! (Yeah, I'm coming!)"

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🌍 "Yah" Across Africa

This word is also used in 3 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Yah 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Yeah
Yah 🇱🇷 Liberia

Agreement/Yes (Yeah)
Yah

Yeah

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