kolea

How to say it

Meaning

to season or flavor food, or figuratively to make something more appealing; koleza moto means to feed or stoke a fire.

Good to know

season, prepare (foods); fig. make something appear attractive (by arts of persuasion); ko- lea. 2.: koleza moto. start or encourage a fire (with oil, etc.)

Examples

• Mama alikolea supu kwa viungo vingi.Mother seasoned the soup with many spices.
• Alikolea hadithi yake ili ionekane ya kuvutia.He embellished his story to make it sound more appealing.
• Je, umekolea chakula vya kutosha?Have you seasoned the food enough?
• Walikoleza moto kwa mafuta ili uwake haraka.They fed the fire with oil so it would burn quickly.