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dama
🇦🇴 Portuguese slang from Angola
What does “dama” mean?
girlfriend, girl
Example
“Vou levar a minha dama à boda.”
I'm taking my girlfriend to the party.
Good to know
Literally "lady". Common in kizomba lyrics.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
❤️ Love
The textbook way to say it: namorada
Heard in a conversation
Planning a surprise party
Telma Tranquilo, cada um dá 2 mil kwanzas e eu trato do bolo.
no stress, everyone chips in 2 thousand kwanzas and I'll handle the cake 🎂
Mauro Fixe! Eu levo a coluna e o kuduro. A namorada dele também vem?
cool 👌 I'll bring the speaker and the kuduro. is his girlfriend coming too?
Telma Vem sim, ela é que vai levá-lo lá sem ele desconfiar (risos).
she is, she's the one getting him there without him suspecting haha
💃 How other countries say “a girl; girlfriend”
- 🇧🇷 minaBrazil
- 🇵🇹 miúdaPortugal
More from Angola
- kizombakizomba: Angola’s slow, close couple dance
- namorarto be going out (as a couple)
- curtirto have a fling, to make out
- amorzinhosweetheart
- dar um toqueto give a missed call (to say "call me" or "I like you")
- ter um casoto have an affair
- buéa lot, very
- kambafriend, buddy
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