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kamba
🇦🇴 Portuguese slang from Angola
What does “kamba” mean?
friend, buddy
Example
“Esse é o meu kamba de infância.”
This is my childhood buddy.
Good to know
From Kimbundu. Very common in Luanda and in kuduro/kizomba lyrics.
Who you can say it to
With friends, not your boss
🫂 Friends
The textbook way to say it: amigo
Heard in a conversation
The phone left on the minibus
Yuri Sim, já estou a sair para lá. Emprestas-me 1000 kwanzas? Depois devolvo, juro.
yeah I'm heading there now. can you lend me 1000 kwanzas? I'll pay you back later, swear 🙈
Cláudia Claro, amigo, já te mando. Mas a questão é: da próxima vez o telemóvel fica no bolso da frente.
of course buddy, sending it now. but here's the thing: next time the phone stays in your front pocket 😂
Yuri Obrigado! És a maior. Depois conto-te tudo.
thanks!! you're the best 🙌 I'll tell you everything later
🤙 How other countries say “dude, bro”
- 🇧🇷 manoBrazil · In Rio: "mermão"; in the South: "tchê".
- 🇵🇹 páPortugal · More a filler than a name: "Ó pá, espera!"
More from Angola
- kotaelder, older person
- mujimborumor, gossip
- bradabro, mate
- dreadbuddy, close friend
- Abraçohugs (sign-off)
- matar saudadesto catch up after missing someone
- buéa lot, very
- bazarto leave
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