boet
(South Africa, informal) A familiar form of address: pal, mate.
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(South Africa, informal) A familiar form of address: pal, mate.
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(South Africa, informal) A brother; often prefixed informally to a man’s first name.
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South African and Zimbabwean informal term meaning brother or, more broadly, any friendly male of the same social group — a mate or fellow. Borrowed from Afrikaans, the word is widely used across South Africa's racial and linguistic communities in casual speech. It carries a warm, familiar tone.
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(South Africa, affectionate) An older brother or a male friend.
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(South Africa)(Zimbabwe) brother.
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(South Africa)(Zimbabwe) man, fellow.