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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