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Swahili

wadakuzi

wah-dah-KOO-zee

How to say it

Swahiliwadakuziwah-dah-KOO-zeesoon
Englishinterrupterssoon
Frenchperturbateurssoon

Meaning

People who habitually interrupt or interject when others are speaking.

Good to know

plural of mdakuzi (m-/wa- class); variant of mdaku, mildly disapproving.

Examples

  • Wadakuzi hao waliharibu mkutano kwa maswali mengi.Those interrupters disrupted the meeting with many questions.
  • Kwa nini wadakuzi hawaruhusu wengine kumaliza kusema?Why don't interrupters let others finish speaking?
  • Sisi si wadakuzi, tunasubiri zamu yetu.We are not interrupters, we wait our turn.
  • Wadakuzi hao watakaripiwa na mwenyekiti.Those interrupters will be scolded by the chairperson.

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