Swahili
hasharati
hah-shah-RAH-tee
How to say it
Swahilihasharatihah-shah-RAH-teesoon
Englishexcesssoon
Frenchexcèssoon
Meaning
excess, dissipation, or wasteful extravagance; also a dissolute or heavy-drinking person.
Good to know
excess, dissipation, intemperance; extravagance, waste- fulness; (ma-) dissolute person, hard drinker; spendthrift
Examples
- Maisha yake ya hasharati yalimletea umaskini.His life of excess brought him poverty.
- Baba alimwonya kuhusu hasharati na ulevi.His father warned him about dissipation and drunkenness.
- Alijulikana mjini kama mtu wa hasharati.He was known in town as a dissolute person.
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