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definition of hakuna matata

A Swahili-language expersion that means forgetting about your troubles

Let us agree that languages ​​such as Arabic, Chinese or some language of African origin such as Swahili have less influence compared to other languages ​​such as English or Spanish when installing words or phrases from their languages ​​and this is because they have a smaller number of speakers worldwide.

Now, but this changes when there is a medium as powerful as cinema or television that echoes some of them and then, a word from a language that practically nobody knew, suddenly, and thanks to the magnitude of the seventh art becomes a phrase of hyper popular use, which can even overwhelm some of its own ...

A phrase from the African Orien

And this is precisely what happened with the phrase Hakuna Matata, what does it mean do not worry or do not worry and which is certainly popular in the aforementioned Swahili language, of African origin and spoken in many countries of this continent, such as Tanzania, Kenya, Congo, Somalia, among others.

Popularized by the design The Lion King

Meanwhile, and from the success of the animated film of Disney The Lion King, where it is pronounced repeatedly, the expression became hyper known throughout the world, as well as hello, thank you, coffe, among others.

But there is a reason for being that prompted its use instead of others and that was that the protagonist of the story is a very young lion from the savannah of Africa and who speaks precisely this language.

As we pointed out, the film was a success and so was the phrase that had its own song in the soundtrack of the film, which was even very celebrated because another song from the film, performed by Elton John, won the Oscar Award in Best Original Song category.

It is part of one of the most salient passages of the homonymous song and which by the way expresses in a very clear and concrete way the leitmotif of the phrase.

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