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a Ilha
🇦🇴 Portuguese slang from Angola
What does “a Ilha” mean?
the Ilha, Luanda’s beach and nightlife strip
Example
“Domingo vamos para a Ilha.”
On Sunday we're going to the Ilha.
Who you can say it to
Fine with anyone
🎉 Going out
The textbook way to say it: Ilha de Luanda
Heard in a conversation
Sunday at the Ilha beach
Kiami Nádia, bora à Ilha domingo? Está bué calor, o mambo é mar.
Nádia, shall we hit the Ilha on Sunday? It's crazy hot, the sea is the answer.
Nádia Ya, bora! Mas vamos de candongueiro, que o kumbú está curto.
Yeah, let's! But we're taking the minibus, money's tight.
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