Swahili
mbepari
mbe-PA-ri
How to say it
Swahilimbeparimbe-PA-risoon
Englishcapitalistsoon
Frenchcapitalistesoon
Meaning
a capitalist or member of the bourgeois, business-owning class.
Good to know
political/economic term, common in socialist-era Tanzanian discourse.
Examples
- Wabepari wanamiliki viwanda vingi.Capitalists own many factories.
- Alishutumiwa kuwa mbepari anayewanyonya wafanyakazi.He was accused of being a capitalist who exploits workers.
- Nchi hiyo iliamua kupambana na tabaka la wabepari.That country decided to fight against the capitalist class.
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