Swahili
mfilisika
m-fi-li-SI-ka
How to say it
Swahilimfilisikam-fi-li-SI-kasoon
Englishbankrupt personsoon
Frenchfaillisoon
Meaning
a person who has become bankrupt or impoverished.
Good to know
from -filisika (to go bankrupt).
Examples
- Mfilisika alipoteza nyumba yake yote.The bankrupt man lost his entire house.
- Je, kampuni hii itakuwa mfilisika hivi karibuni?Will this company go bankrupt soon?
- Hakuwa mfilisika kabla ya vita.He wasn't impoverished before the war.
- Wafilisika watahitaji msaada wa serikali.The bankrupt people will need government help.
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