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l’alloco
🇨🇮 French slang from West Africa
What does “l’alloco” mean?
fried ripe plantain
Example
“Un plat d’alloco avec du piment.”
A plate of fried plantain with chilli.
Good to know
Named after the Allocodrome, a street of stalls.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🌮 Food
The textbook way to say it: banane frite
Heard in a conversation
The Elephants are playing
Yao Viens au maquis à côté de chez moi, ils ont un grand écran.
Come to the maquis near my place, they have a big screen.
Serge J’arrive chap-chap ! Mais c’est toi qui paies l’alloco, hein.
I'm coming right away! But you're paying for the alloco, eh.
Yao Buuut ! On a marqué ! Ça a gâté !
Goooal! We scored! That was insane!
More from West Africa
- maquisopen-air bar-restaurant
- une drogbaa big bottle of beer
- l’attiékégrated fermented cassava, like couscous
- le foutoupounded yam or plantain, eaten with sauce
- le gboflotosweet fried dough balls
- le tchapalomillet beer
- le banguipalm wine
- une sucreriea soft drink, a soda
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