A community-driven dictionary of modern Zimbabwean expressions
It won't work
Stupid
"Uri mbinya kana ukamutora"
"You are stupid if you take her"
Dumb / Stupid
Coward / Dumb / Idiot / Stupid person
Biggest / Least / Most
"Mpfana uyo anohura more than"
"That guy is very promiscuous"
Extreme / Biggest / Least / Most / Very
"Mpfana uyo anohura last"
Fear
Dumb / Spineless / Sheepish person / Coward
Skip a shower / Skip a bath
A cigarette, usually a single stick rather than a full pack.
Matches or lighter used to spark a cigarette, blunt or fire.
Beard
How are you? / What's up?
Informal “What’s up?” / “How are you?”
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