Swahili
mpendezi
um-pe-NDE-zee
How to say it
Swahilimpendezium-pe-NDE-zeesoon
Englishattractive personsoon
Frenchpersonne charmantesoon
Meaning
a pleasing, attractive, or charming person, agreeable in manner or appearance.
Good to know
Variant of mpendevu, from -pendeza (to please, to be pleasing); describes someone likable and appealing.
Examples
- Msichana yule ni mpendezi sana.That girl is very pleasing/attractive.
- Je, kwa nini yeye ni mpendezi kwa kila mtu?Why is he pleasing to everyone?
- Hakuwa mpendezi kwa jinsi alivyoongea.He was not pleasant in how he spoke.
- Wageni watamwona kama mpendezi.The guests will see her as charming.
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