kuenea
koo-eh-NEH-ah
How to say it
Swahilikueneakoo-eh-NEH-ah
Englishto spread; to be widespread
Frenchse répandre, se propager
Meaning
To move out over a wider area or among more people, as a disease, news, fire or a language does.
Good to know
It has no object: habari zimeenea, the news has spread. Kueneza is to spread something, and kuenea kwa is the spread of.
Examples
- Moto ulianza kuenea kwa kasi sokoni.The fire began to spread fast through the market.
- Tunapaswa kuzuia ugonjwa huu kuenea zaidi.We must stop this disease from spreading further.
- Habari hizo zilichukua saa moja tu kuenea mjini.That news took only an hour to spread through town.
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