Swahili
chafua
cha-FU-a
How to say it
Swahilichafuacha-FU-asoon
Englishto soilsoon
Frenchsalirsoon
Meaning
to soil, pollute, or disturb something, or to make it disorderly.
Good to know
soil, pollute; spoil; (fig.) dis- turb, disarrange; ruin, destroy; smoke, blacken; be disorderly, messy; surge, be rough (of the sea)
Examples
- Kiwanda kile kinachafua mto kwa taka zake.That factory pollutes the river with its waste.
- Usichafue nguo mpya kwa matope.Don't soil the new clothes with mud.
- Vurugu ilichafua amani ya mji.The riot disturbed the peace of the town.
- Moshi ulichafua anga la jiji.Smoke polluted the city's sky.
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