butterfly

[US]/ˈbʌtəflaɪ/
[UK]/ˈbʌtərflaɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. kifundi kikidogo chenye mizani ya rangi mazuri na mchanga mrefu, mwanafundi akiwaka kwenye mizani ya rangi mazuri na mchanga mrefu.
Word Forms
Pluralbutterflies
Third Person Singularbutterflies
Present Participlebutterflying
Past Participlebutterflied
Past Tensebutterflied

Phrases & Collocations

beautiful butterfly

mnyama mchanga

butterfly wings

mizani ya mnyama mchanga

colorful butterfly

mnyama mchanga mpeza

butterfly garden

mazama ya mnyama mchanga

butterfly species

mizani ya mnyama mchanga

butterfly valve

mizani ya mnyama mchanga

butterfly effect

mizani ya mnyama mchanga

social butterfly

mnyama mchanga mpeza

set a butterfly

kutengua mnyama mchanga

butterfly stroke

mizani ya mnyama mchanga

monarch butterfly

mnyama mchanga wa monarch

Example Sentences

a butterfly knife; a butterfly hinge.

panga ya mnyama; kifua cha mnyama.

a butterfly with mealy wings

mnyama na miguu ya mealy

The butterfly is an example of symmetry.

Klepto ni mfano wa usawa.

the faint beat of a butterfly's wing.

mshangao mchafu wa miguu ya mnyama.

the butterfly was one of the many manifestations of the Goddess.

mnyama alikuwa moja kati ya mnyama ya Mbinga.

The butterfly quivers its wings.

Mnyama anguza miguu yake.

The butterfly fluttered into the room.

Mnyama alifurika kwa mchana.

The butterfly is a kind of water sport.

Mnyama ni aina ya michezo ya mizigo.

A larva metamorphose into a chrysalis and then into a butterfly.

Kukua mchwa huongezeka kuwa chrysalis na kisha kuwa kiura.

The butterfly emerged from the pupa.

Kiatu cha papilio kiliibuka kutoka kwenye ukili.

Swallowtail Butterfly Papilio machaon (L., 1758).

Mnyama wa mizigo ya mizigo Papilio machaon (L., 1758).

a couple of butterflies fluttered around the garden.

mnyama wawili wakafurika kwa mchele.

an enormous butterfly pinned by a heartless collector.

mnyama mrefu aliyepinika na mshirika mwenye mguu.

Effects are disproportional to causes -- the butterfly effect.

Mipangilio hujumuza mifano -- efekti ya mnyama.

A butterfly is produced by metamorphosis from a caterpillar.

Kiyoyozi kinatoka kwa mabadiliko ya hali (metamorphosis) kutoka kwa minyoo.

To spare no effort on the job would be to break a butterfly on the wheel.

Kuwa na ukuaji wa kila mshangao kwa kazi hujumuza kusafiria mnyama kwenye mizigo.

Real-world Examples

That those of you are familiar with butterfly effect how a butterfly flapping its wings.

Kama wewe wanaelewa mifano ya efekti ya chakula cha mizani, kama mizani inaondoka mizani yake.

Source: Harvard University's "The Science of Happiness" course.

Wow! Can he teach me the butterfly and the backstroke?

Wow! Anaweza kujifundisha mizani na mchovu wa mizani?

Source: Lai Shih-Hsiung's Beginner American English (Volume 1)

I had a seamstress sew some butterflies on it.

Nimekupa mwanamalimba mwenye mizani kwenye kipengele hiki.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2019 Collection

Next, I am going to add a butterfly.

Baada ya hivyo, natafuta mizani.

Source: Blue little koala

No.You know, it is exhaustingbeing a butterfly.

Hapana. Ukiwa amekuwa mizani, inaondoka mizani.

Source: Ugly Betty Season 1

" Butterfly. Windshield wipers. Half a butterfly, " Wade said simply.

"Mizani. Mipango ya mizani. Nusu ya mizani," Wade alisema kwa mafupi.

Source: Crazy Element City

I've noteced that there are more butterflies this year.

Nimeamua kuwa kuna mizani zaidi hii mwaka.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book 2.

Dacia, you're a butterfly with the sting of a wasp.

Dacia, uneweza kuwa mizani na mizani ya mizani.

Source: American Horror Story: Season 2

Stapleton had caught the butterfly, and was walking bath to us.

Stapleton alikamatilia mizani na alikuwa amepita mizani kwa mizani.

Source: The Hound of the Baskervilles

The city holds a parade to celebrate the butterflies every October.

Mji unaamshukia mizani kwa mizani kila Oktoba.

Source: VOA Special November 2021 Collection

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