mboga

How to say it

Meaning

vegetables; edible plants or their parts eaten as part of a meal.

Good to know

also used broadly for any side dish eaten with a starch like ugali or rice, including meat or fish stews in some regions.

Examples

• Mama alienda sokoni kununua mboga.Mother went to the market to buy vegetables.
• Tunapaswa kula mboga za majani kila siku.We should eat green vegetables every day.
• Je, mboga hizi ni mbichi?Are these vegetables fresh?
• Alipika mboga na nyama kwa chakula cha mchana.She cooked vegetables and meat for lunch.

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