mafuta

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Meaning

Any oil or fat, used for cooking or on the skin, and the fuel used in engines, such as petrol and diesel.

Good to know

A ma class noun used without a singular in this sense: mafuta mengi, mafuta haya. Mafuta ya kupikia is cooking oil; mafuta ya taa is kerosene; kituo cha mafuta, a filling station.

Examples

• Weka mafuta kidogo kwenye sufuria.Put a little oil in the pan.
• Gari limeishiwa mafuta njiani.The car ran out of fuel on the way.
• Usile vyakula vyenye mafuta mengi.Do not eat very fatty foods.

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