Swahili
farangi
fa-RA-ngi
How to say it
Swahilifarangifa-RA-ngisoon
Englishsyphilissoon
Frenchsyphilissoon
Meaning
an archaic medical term for syphilis.
Good to know
rare and old-fashioned; the modern common word is kaswende.
Examples
- Madaktari wa zamani walimwita ugonjwa huo farangi.Old-time doctors called that disease farangi.
- Farangi ilikuwa ugonjwa wa hatari kabla ya dawa za kisasa.Farangi was a dangerous disease before modern medicine.
- Je, farangi bado inapatikana leo?Does farangi still occur today?
- Hakuna anayetumia neno farangi tena.No one uses the word farangi anymore.
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