curse

[US]/kɜːs/
[UK]/kɜːrs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. kushangaa
n. kushangaa, kushangalia; mshangao
Word Forms
Past Tensecursed
Pluralcurses
Present Participlecursing
Past Participlecursed
Third Person Singularcurses

Phrases & Collocations

be cursed with

kutajwa na

Example Sentences

curse a person to damnation

kutamkia mwananchi kwa mauti

she'd put a curse on him.

haya atamkia mwenyewe.

pronounce a curse (up)on

kutamka laana (juu) ya

They cursed me as a madman.

Walimkia mimi kama mwenye kipimo.

great intelligence can be a curse as well as a blessing.

akili kubwa inaweza kuwa laana vile vile kama baraka.

impatience is the curse of our day and age.

Ukamahama ni maboma ya kisasa wetu.

It's a cursed thing to be in debt.

Kuwa na utangulizi ni mshindi wa mauti.

imprecate curses upon sb.

kutamkia mauti kwa mwenyewe.

a silent curse; silent consent.

mchawi kimya; ridhaa kimya.

Foxes can be a curse to farmers.

Mfumo wana mwenye mguu mrefu.

bewailed the curse of ill health.

aliulalamika laana ya afya mbaya.

was cursed with crippling arthritis.

alitangaza na asili ya mafua ya mafua.

I cursed myself for my carelessness.

Nimkia mimi kwa mazoezi yangu.

and they will become an execration, an astonishment, and a curse and a reproach.

na wanaonimia kama mauti, mazoezi, na mshindi na mazoezi.

She broke out in curses in her dream.

Alikuwa na mauti kwa mazoezi yake kwa mazoezi.

I wish that cursed dog would be quiet.

Nataka kuwa doge huyo mauti anekuwa kwa mazoezi.

Poor Mother is cursed with bad health.

Mama yangu ni mauti kwa uchumi wa mazoezi.

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