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Braai

2 stages from Afrikaans to English.

Today it means a barbecue, especially as a social occasion, in South African English
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Stage 1 of 2
braai
Afrikaans · 1800s
"roast meat, a barbecue"
shortened from braaivleis, literally roast meat, a social barbecue gathering
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Stage 2 of 2
braai
English · 1900s
"a barbecue, especially as a social gathering"
adopted directly into South African English for the barbecue tradition
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