colleague

[US]/ˈkɒliːɡ/
[UK]/ˈkɑːliːɡ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. mtu ambaye anafanya naye kazi, hasa katika fadhila au biashara.
Word Forms

Example Sentences

a late colleague of mine.

mkolega wangu aliyetoka mapema.

He is a colleague of mine.

Yeye ni mkolega wangu.

My colleague got the ax yesterday.

Mkolega wangu alipoteza kazi jana.

gave their angry colleague a wide berth.

wakiwapa mkolega wao mwenye hasira nafasi kubwa.

a colleague of mine once dried in the middle of a scene.

mkolega wangu alikuwa akijaribu mara moja katikati ya eneo.

a colleague stumbled on the couple romping in an office.

mkolega aligusa kwa bahati mbaya mpenzi hao wakifurahia katika ofisi.

Don't sell your colleague short; she's a smart lawyer.

Usichunge mkolega wako; yeye ni mwanasheria mwerevu.

His colleagues regard him as a joke.

Wakala wake wanaona kama yeye ni mzaha.

a state of brooding disquietude about a colleague's success.

hali ya wasiwasi na uchungu kuhusu mafanikio ya mwenzake.

he chastised his colleagues for their laziness.

aliyetimua wakala zake kwa uvivu wao.

head and shoulders above her colleagues in analytical capability.

juu ya wakala zake katika uwezo wa uchambuzi.

his colleague had vanished in mysterious circumstances.

mkolega wake alikuwa amejificha katika hali ya ajabu.

Colleagues felt that there was more to his resignation than met the eye.

Wakala walidhani kwamba kulikuwa na zaidi ya kujiuzulu kwake kuliko walichoona.

Her resignation put her colleagues in a spin.

Kujiuzulu kwake kulisumbua wakala zake.

The disapproval of my colleagues quenched my enthusiasm for the plan.

Usalama wa wakala wangu uliharibu hamu yangu kwa mpango huo.

He could face censure from his colleagues.

Yeye anaweza kukabiliana na adabu kutoka kwa wakala zake.

Real-world Examples

They were not friends. They were imaginary colleagues.

Hawakuwa marafiki. Walikuwa wenzishirikisho wa uongo.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 1

I had a colleague who died decades ago.

Nilikua na mshirikisho ambaye alifariki karne nyingi zilizopita.

Source: Yale University Open Course: European Civilization (Audio Version)

As for Carmona and her two colleagues?

Kwa upande wa Carmona na wenzishirikisho wake wawili?

Source: Science in 60 Seconds March 2017 Collection

Have you met my colleague, Mrs Chapman?

Je, umemjua mshirikisho wangu, Bi Chapman?

Source: BBC Listening December 2014 Collection

It could be a colleague with more experience.

Hiyo inaweza kuwa mshirikisho mwenye uzoefu zaidi.

Source: 2023 Celebrity High School Graduation Speech

Dave is a remarkable colleague, a big heart.

Dave ni mshirikisho ajabu, ana moyo mkubwa.

Source: 2021 Nobel Laureates Interview Transcripts

They include former Senate colleague John McCain.

Wajumuishwa na rafiki wa zamani wa Seneti John McCain.

Source: VOA Daily Standard July 2022 Collection

In the meantime, I will continue annoying my colleagues.

Kwa wakati huu, nitaendelea kuwazusha wenzishirikisho wangu.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2023 Collection

Instead, she praised her colleagues and Chinese traditional medicine.

Badala ya huyo, alisifu wenzishirikisho wake na dawa za jadi za Kichina.

Source: 21st Century English Newspaper

That's May thanking her colleagues outside parliament today.

Hiyo ni May akishukuru wenzishirikisho wake nje ya bunge leo.

Source: NPR News July 2016 Compilation

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