mpotezi

How to say it

Meaning

a person who loses or wastes something, especially through carelessness.

Good to know

Agent noun from -poteza (to lose, to waste); often describes someone careless with money or possessions.

Examples

• Kijana yule ni mpotezi wa fedha za familia.That young man is a squanderer of family money.
• Je, wewe ni mpotezi wa muda kazini?Are you a squanderer of time at work?
• Hakuwa mpotezi wa vitu vyake.He was not careless with his things.
• Mpotezi kama yeye hatafanikiwa.A squanderer like him will not succeed.