South Africa Slang Dictionary
South African slang is a rich, multilingual mix that borrows freely from the country's eleven official languages - isiZulu, isiXhosa, Afrikaans, Sesotho and more - plus street languages like tsotsitaal and Sepitori. It's the language of the townships, the taxi rank, kwaito and amapiano, and everyday Mzansi life from Joburg to Cape Town to Durban. Words like eish, howzit, lekker, sharp sharp and yebo are woven into how South Africans speak every day. Explore the community-built dictionary of South African slang below - and add the words you know.
She gave him korobela that's why she controls him like this.
It basically translates to yiva mna ndedwa (only hear me).
I won't mind even if you can give me ivamna.
"Ndingayitya nephepha layo lo habiya" - Driemanskap
I prefer drinking dumpie over a ngudu.
Don't be fooled by all that alcohol he is carrying, he is just an iceboy and not the moreki.
He is scarce on facebook because ngumkhwetha.
They forced us to do Afrikaans in high school.
Ag no! I spilled coffee on my keyboard again!
Xhosa people would choose amasi over meat.
The struggles of black people we see today is the legacy of the apartheid regime.
I eat everything with atchar 🤞🏽
He left home now he is a bergie.