Swahili
mponda
m-PON-dah
How to say it
Swahilimpondam-PON-dahsoon
Englishpounder, squanderersoon
Frenchbroyeur, dilapidateursoon
Meaning
a person who pounds, crushes, or pulverizes something, or, figuratively, one who squanders wealth.
Good to know
usually followed by an object, e.g. mponda mawe (stonemason, literally 'stone-pounder'); figuratively mponda mali means a squanderer.
Examples
- Mponda mawe alifanya kazi kwa bidii mchana kutwa.The stonemason worked hard all day.
- Yeye ni mponda mali, hutumia pesa bila mpangilio.He is a squanderer, he spends money without a plan.
- Je, huyu ndiye mponda mawe unayemzungumzia?Is this the stonemason you're talking about?
- Hakuwa mponda fedha, alikuwa mchumi mzuri.He was not a squanderer of money, he was thrifty.
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