soda
SOH-dah
How to say it
SwahilisodaSOH-dahsoon
Englishsoda, soft drinksoon
Frenchsoda, boisson gazeusesoon
Meaning
A sweet fizzy drink sold in bottles or cans, such as cola or orange soda. Ziwa soda is a soda lake, a lake with salty alkaline water.
Good to know
N class noun, the plural is also soda: soda baridi, a cold soda; kreti la soda, a crate of sodas.
Examples
- Nipe soda mbili baridi, tafadhali.Give me two cold sodas, please.
- Madaktari wanashauri tupunguze kunywa soda.Doctors advise us to drink fewer soft drinks.
- Tulinunua kreti la soda kwa ajili ya sherehe.We bought a crate of sodas for the party.
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