butcher

[US]/ˈbʊtʃə(r)/
[UK]/ˈbʊtʃər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kumkosa
n. mwanamkosa
Word Forms
Past Tensebutchered
Past Participlebutchered
Third Person Singularbutchers
Present Participlebutchering
Pluralbutchers

Example Sentences

He is a butcher by trade.

Alikuwa mchumia kwa ujumbe.

They butchered the prisoners.

Walichumia mazungumzaji.

butcher a project; butchered the language.

kuchumia mshumaa; kuchumia lugha.

let's take a butcher's at those bugs.

tunapiga mchumia kwa mizizi haya.

the meat went to the butcher opposite the farm.

nyama ilifika mchumia ambaye pamoja na farm.

There was a butcher's shop alongside the theatre.

Kulikuwa na duka la nyama karibu na ukumbi wa tamthania.

A butcher needs sharp knives.

Mchumia anahitaji panga zilizong'ola.

Mother went to the butcher's yesterday.

Mama alifika mchumia mwa kisasa.

The butcher will trust us for the meat.

Mchumia anatafuta sisi kwa nyama.

A rapist butchered his victim with a razor.

Mchumia wa mpira alichumia mshumaa yake na mpira.

the film was butchered by the studio that released it.

Filamu iliharibiwa na studio iliyotolea/kutoa.

Butcher has been scouting for United.

Mchumia amekuwa amekutana na United.

The tailor has butchered this suit.

Mfanyaza kofia amechumia kofia hili.

Come over here and have a butcher’s at this!

Tunapiga mchumia kwa mchumia hili!

He was as great a butcher as the world has been.

Alikuwa mchumia mkuu kama dunia ilikuwa.

Real-world Examples

Certainly. When a pig is to be butchered, everybody helps.

Bila shaka. Wakati pigu inapatikana kwa kuchuma, wote hujitangaza.

Source: Charlotte's Web

So, to have a butcher's is cockney rhyming slang.

Kwa hiyo, kuchuma ni lugha ya kifuniko ya Cockney.

Source: Grandpa and Grandma's English and American Pronunciation Class

There are other prep kitchens for butchering beef and cutting seafood.

Kuna mazuri mengine ya kuchuma mafuta na kuchuma mizigo ya maele.

Source: Wall Street Journal

724. The wretched butcher clutched the needle and stitched it clumsily.

724. Mchuma mwenye mshangao alimkanyaza mizizi na alikamua kwa mshangao.

Source: Remember 7000 graduate exam vocabulary in 16 days.

It's good for adding flavours but you have to trust your butcher.

Hii ni nzuri kwa kujifunza mizani lakini unapaswa kufunza mchuma yako.

Source: Victoria Kitchen

How did this giant mouth on legs become the dreaded butcher of the Cretaceous?

Jinsi ya mguu mrefu huyu kwenye miguu yake alibadilisha mchuma mwenye mshangao wa Cretaceous?

Source: Discovery Channel: Battle of the Dinosaurs

The meat at this butcher's is always very fresh.

Mafuta hapa kwenye mchuma huyu ni haraka haraka.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book One.

Yes. I was. Were you at the butcher's, too?

Ndiyo. Niliwa. Uliwa kwenye mchuma huyu pia?

Source: New Concept English: British English Version, Book 1 (Translation)

You're thinking of our butcher -- Ray Eastman.

Uniondoka mchuma wetu -- Ray Eastman.

Source: Modern Family Season 6

" If you can butcher a hippo, you can butcher pretty much anything, " he said.

"Ikiwa unaweza kuchuma mnyama wa hippo, unaweza kuchuma kila jambo, " alisema.

Source: VOA Special February 2023 Collection

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