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Yebo

🇧🇼 Botswana Slang
Added Aug 12, 2025 · 1 definition
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Yebo (Yes)

"Yebo, ke a utlwa (Yes, I understand)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Aug 12, 2025

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🇧🇼 Botswana
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A South African word meaning "yes" or used as an affirmation.

"Yebo, I will be attending the event tomorrow."
Yebo 🇿🇦 South Africa

Yes.

"Yebo, I'll send it."

🇧🇼 About Botswana Slang

Botswana slang merges Setswana with English, with Gaborone youth driving a modern lexicon influenced by South African township culture.

KASINARY has 1824 Botswana slang words collected from native speakers.

Browse all Botswana slang (1824 words)

🌍 "Yebo" Across Africa

This word is also used in 6 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Yebo

A South African word meaning "yes" or used as an affirmation.
Yebo 🇿🇦 South Africa

Yes.
Yebo 🇳🇦 Namibia

Means 'yes' or an emphatic 'yeah!' Often used in greetings like yebo, howzit! It shows Namibia's Zulu influence
Yebo 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Ee / Ho dumela (Yes / To agree)
Yebo 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Sim, concordo (Yes, I agree)
Yebo 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Yebo (Yes)

🇧🇼 More Botswana Slang

Heela Heela wena! (Hey you!) Kolojane Kolojane (Warthog) Bojalwa jwa Setswana Bojalwa jwa Setswana (Traditional beer) Go itshedisa Go itshedisa (To amuse oneself) Re bana ba motho mongwe Re bana ba motho mongwe (We are children of one) Ntswa e fisa seatleng Ntswa e fisa seatleng (Louse burns in palm)
View all 1824 Botswana slang words

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Safety net (Backup support)

Ngwana 🇧🇼 Botswana

Ngwana (Child)

Go itshedisa 🇧🇼 Botswana

Go itshedisa (To amuse oneself)

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