Swahili
wasengenya
wah-sehn-GEH-nyah
How to say it
Swahiliwasengenyawah-sehn-GEH-nyahsoon
Englishgossipssoon
Frenchbavardssoon
Meaning
People who spread gossip or slander others behind their backs.
Good to know
plural of msengenya (m-/wa- class); disapproving register.
Examples
- Wasengenya hao huongea vibaya nyuma ya watu.Those gossips speak badly behind people's backs.
- Je, wasengenya wataacha tabia hiyo?Will the gossips stop that habit?
- Sisi si wasengenya.We are not gossips.
- Wasengenya watagundulika hivi karibuni.The gossips will be found out soon.
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