All slang › French › West Africa
gaou
🇨🇮 French slang from West Africa
What does “gaou” mean?
naive person, sucker
Example
“Je suis pas ton gaou !”
I'm not your sucker!
Good to know
Made famous by Magic System's hit 'Premier Gaou'.
Who you can say it to
Only with close friends
🙄 Teasing
The textbook way to say it: un naïf
Heard in a conversation
A wedding in Yopougon
Mariam Attends, ma bramôgô Awa arrive. Elle était coincée dans le gbaka depuis une heure.
Wait, my close friend Awa is coming. She's been stuck in the minibus for an hour.
Kouamé Regarde Didier sur la piste... le môgô danse comme un gaou !
Look at Didier on the dance floor... the guy dances like a total newbie!
Mariam Laisse-le, c'est son jour ! En tout cas, ça a gâté ce soir.
Leave him alone, it's his day! Anyway, tonight was amazing.
🐟 How other countries say “sucker, naive person”
- 🇫🇷 pigeonFrance
More from West Africa
- brouteurinternet scammer
- yêkê-yêkêworthless, rubbish
- gnatacountry bumpkin, uncool
- un fatiguéa loser, a nobody (lit. "a tired one")
- bluffeurshow-off
- tapeurmoocher, always borrowing money
- gros coubig shot, stuck-up
- s'enjaillerto have fun, party
Learn French with songs
- La Vie en rose · Édith PiafLevel A2
- Dernière danse · IndilaLevel A2
- Papaoutai · StromaeLevel A2
- Non, je ne regrette rien · Édith PiafLevel A2
Solang turns songs into lessons: synced lyrics, translation and slang explained, line by line.
Learn it in the songs you love — free