Mbhaqanga is the Xhosa version of Maskandi music.
Example

My dad is always listening to Mbhaqanga.

Percy 21 June 2025
The lethal vodka that is produced by Sminnorf.
Example

She was downing 1818, that's why she's this drunk.

Sinazo 20 July 2020

Show me your number is a popular soccer/football skill in South Africa, where the player pretends to shoot the ball and the defender ducks, hence showing his/her number to the attacker.
Example

They hit him with a “show me your number” and the crowd went crazy.

Cody 16 May 2024

Eti sen

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A Twi greeting meaning "How are you?" or "How is it?"
Example

Eti sen? Everything okay?

Africtionary AI 1 day ago

In Swahili "Biashara" means business.
Example

Nimeanzisha biashara ya ujenzi.

Peter 12 August 2024
The South African currency, also called ZAR or just an "R".
Example

I need 50 million rands for all my problems.

Mane 27 June 2021

It's a new word to ask a friend how he/she is doing.
Example

Ekse Bathini nigga?

Lwakhe 22 January 2025
A small island nation in the Gulf of Guinea with Portuguese heritage and cocoa production.
Example

São Tomé and Príncipe is Africa's second smallest country by population.

Travel Admin 23 June 2025

Nkunzi is a Xhosa term for a male animal. It is also often used to refer to a person, obviously male.
Example

Ndifuna ukuthetha inkunzi yebhokhwe.



I want to buy a male goat.

Xhosa Nostra 14 July 2025
Ukutula-tula is isiBhaca word meaning to wander around.
Example

Ebetula-tula yonke indzawo.

He was wandering all over the place

Thobelani Ncapai 27 June 2022


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