father

[US]/'fɑːðə/
[UK]/'fɑðɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. baba, mzaliwa, mbele
vt. kuunda, kuanzisha, kuzaa
Word Forms
Pluralfathers
Present Participlefathering
Past Tensefathered
Past Participlefathered
Third Person Singularfathers

Phrases & Collocations

my father

baba yangu

father figure

mtu kama baba

fatherhood

ubaba

fatherly advice

ushauri kama baba

father-daughter relationship

uhusiano kati ya baba na binti

father christmas

Baba Krismasi

father and daughter

baba na binti

holy father

baba mtakatifu

founding father

baba mwanzili

biological father

baba wa kibiolojia

foster father

baba mlezi

adoptive father

baba mlewa

Example Sentences

father was not well.

Baba yake sio sawa.

the father of science

baba wa sayansi

intercede with the father for the daughter

mwambie baba kwa ajili ya binti

The child is father of the man.; The child is father to the man.

Mtoto ndiye baba wa mtu; Mtoto ndiye baba kwa mtu.

My father was an expert marksman.

Baba yangu alikuwa mfundi risasi mtaalamu.

His father was a philanthropist.

Baba yake alikuwa mhisani.

She and her father favor.

Yeye na baba yake wanapendelea.

His father is a chimney sweeper.

Baba yake ni fundi kusafisha moshi.

Vincent’s father is a tribal chief.

Baba wa Vincent ni mkuu wa kabila.

My father was well-read in history.

Baba yangu alikuwa na maarifa makubwa katika historia.

your father is dangerously ill.

Baba yako mgonjwa hatari.

the founding father of logical disputation.

baba mwanzishi wa utatuzi wa mantiki.

he fathered three children.

alizazalisha watoto watatu.

her father had a will of iron.

Baba yake alikuwa na mapenzi ya chuma.

the father kept back £5 for himself.

Baba alibakisha £5 kwake.

the putative father of a boy of two.

Baba anayedhaniwa wa mvulana mwenye umri wa miaka miwili.

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