fasten

[US]/ˈfɑːsn/
[UK]/ˈfæsn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kunga vizuri, hakikisha
vt. & vi. ganda
Word Forms
Third Person Singularfastens
Past Tensefastened
Present Participlefastening
Past Participlefastened
Pluralfastens

Phrases & Collocations

fasten your seatbelt

kaza mkanda wa kiti

fasten the screws

kaza skrubu

fasten your shoelaces

kaza laces zako za kiatu

fasten on

kaza

Example Sentences

fasten on a notion.

kufunga fikira juu ya wazo.

fasten an ox to the tree

kufunga ng'ombe kwenye mti.

fasten a crime on sb.

kumuweka hatia mtu.

fasten upon a pretext

kushikamana na kisingizio.

Fasten the horse to the tree.

Funga farasi kwenye mti.

Don't fasten the responsibility on him.

Usiepukishe jukumu kwake.

The handbag won't fasten properly.

Mkoba haufungi vizuri.

The window doesn't fasten up.

Dirisha haifungi.

fastened the blame on the weather.

walifunga hatia kwenye hali ya hewa.

a blue nightie that fastens down the back.

shati la bluu linalofunga nyuma.

fasten one's eyes on sb.

kushika mazingira ya mtu.

fasten one's attention upon a problem

kueleza umakini juu ya tatizo.

fasten the dyes into the cloth

kufunga rangi kwenye kitambaa.

She fastened herself on him.

Yeye alijifunga kwake.

Fasten your seat belts!

Bofuwa mkanda wako!

The fastener on her skirt broke.

Kifunga kwenye sketi yake kilitawika.

The president fastened on the idea at once.

Rais alishikilia wazo mara moja.

Our bookshelf is fastened to the wall.

Rafu yetu ya vitabu imefungwa kwenye ukuta.

This dress fastens up at the back.

Shati hili hufunga nyuma.

He fastened the calendar to a wall.

Alifunga kalenda kwenye ukuta.

Real-world Examples

We say you fasten the buttons, " fasten."

Tunawaambia kwamba unapaswa kufunga vifungo, " funga."

Source: Lucy’s Day in ESL

The man who places the part doesn't fasten it.

Mwanamume anayeweka sehemu haifai.

Source: America The Story of Us

Undoubtedly I did not fasten the cabinet door properly.

Hakika sikutofunga mlango wa kabineti vizuri.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

You fasten the buttons so that the shirt stays on.

Unayafunga vifungo ili shati lisitoke.

Source: Lucy’s Day in ESL

Why fasten on me? It's not my fault.

Kwa nini unifunga? Si mimi mwenye hatia.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

Tyrion pointed. " The clasp that fastens your cape" .

Tyrion aliongeza kidole. " Kifunga kinachofunga cape yako ".

Source: A Song of Ice and Fire: A Clash of Kings (Bilingual Edition)

Others are fastening bits of string and hammering tiny pegs into the ground.

Wengine wanafunga vipande vya kamba na kupiga nyundo kwenye ndoano ndogo kwenye ardhi.

Source: Theatrical play: Gulliver's Travels

The flight attendant asked the passengers to fasten their seat belts.

Msaidizi wa ndege aliwaomba abiria kufunga mikanda yao ya kiti.

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

Fastened; but there are steps on the sill.

Imefungwa; lakini kuna hatua kwenye dirisha.

Source: The Sign of the Four

We could fasten them shut to keep silent.

Tungeweza kuzifunga ili tushike kimya.

Source: VOA Vocabulary Explanation

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