kufagia
koo-fah-GEE-ah
How to say it
Swahilikufagiakoo-fah-GEE-ah
Englishto sweep
Frenchbalayer
Meaning
To clean a floor, yard or road by brushing dust and rubbish away with a broom; figuratively, to clear away something completely.
Good to know
Takes the place or the dirt as its object: kufagia uwanja, to sweep the yard. The broom is ufagio, plural fagio.
Examples
- Kila asubuhi anafagia uwanja wa nyumba.Every morning she sweeps the yard of the house.
- Wafanyakazi wa jiji wanafagia barabara.City workers are sweeping the roads.
- Tafadhali fagia chumba kabla ya wageni kufika.Please sweep the room before the guests arrive.
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