Swahili
taabu
TA-a-bu
How to say it
SwahilitaabuTA-a-busoon
Englishdifficultysoon
Frenchdifficultésoon
Meaning
hardship, trouble, or difficulty, including want and misery.
Good to know
difficulty; toil, trouble, hardship; inconvenience, annoyance; want, priva- tion, misery, distress
Examples
- Walipitia taabu nyingi wakati wa vita.They went through much hardship during the war.
- Maisha ya uhamiaji yamejaa taabu.Migrant life is full of hardship.
- Alimsaidia rafiki yake aliyekuwa katika taabu.He helped his friend who was in trouble.
- Sina taabu na uamuzi huu.I have no trouble with this decision.
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