marudio
mah-roo-DEE-oh
How to say it
Swahilimarudiomah-roo-DEE-oh
Englishrepetition; repeat, rerun; revision
Meaning
The act of doing something again: a repeated exam or election, a rerun of a program, or going over lessons again before a test.
Good to know
Ma class noun, used in the plural form; from kurudia, to repeat. Mtihani wa marudio is a resit exam and uchaguzi wa marudio a rerun election.
Examples
- Wanafunzi walioshindwa watafanya mtihani wa marudio.The students who failed will sit a resit exam.
- Uchaguzi wa marudio utafanyika mwezi ujao.The rerun election will take place next month.
- Kituo kilionyesha marudio ya mechi ya jana.The station showed a replay of yesterday’s match.
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