sportsman

[US]/ˈspɔːtsmən/
[UK]/ˈspɔːrtsmən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. athleto mwanamashambulizi mwenye uwekaji wa michezo na uwekaji wa mafundisho na uwekaji wa michezo.
Word Forms
Pluralsportsmen

Example Sentences

he had been a keen sportsman in his youth.

Alikuwa mwanasporti mrefu katika muda mwingine.

a hodman is an architect, a jockey is a sportsman, a wood-louse is a pterigybranche.

hodman ni mchezaji, jockey ni mwanasporti, mnyama wa mti ni pterigybranche.

His brother is a sportsman of our school.

Mwanafamili yake ni mwanasporti wa shule yetu.

Everybody thinks he is an all-round sportsman.

Wote wanasahihisha kuwa ni mwanasporti mrefu.

The newspaper publishes a profile of a leading sportsman every week.

Tunapublikisha taarifa ya mwanasporti mrefu mwa siku ya wiki.

Real-world Examples

He could have been a sportsman. Who?

Alikuwa mchezaji mwenyewe. Kwa nani?

Source: Downton Abbey Detailed Analysis

Tom Brady is an iconic sportsman whom people know, see and admire.

Tom Brady ni mchezaji mstari ambaye watu hujua, hupita na huzidi.

Source: Time

He was a real sportsman, even if he's not very well known.

Alikuwa mchezaji mwenyewe, kama hajui kwa mafupi.

Source: New Standard High School English Compulsory Volume 5 by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press

Danny Morales is an experienced sportsman, so this task was nothing out of the ordinary for him.

Danny Morales ni mchezaji mwenyewe mkuu, kwa hivyo kazi hii ilikuwa si kazi mpya kwa yeye.

Source: VOA Daily Standard October 2019 Collection

In fact there is one very popular sportsman who retired after a long time in the job.

Kwa hivyo kuna mchezaji mwenyewe mpopotea mchuzi mwingi kwa muda mrefu kwenye kazi.

Source: 6 Minute English

He's so agile, isn't he? He could have been a sportsman. - Who? - Thomas, of course.

Alikuwa mcheza mwingi, si? Alikuwa mchezaji mwenyewe. - Kwa nani? - Thomas, kwa moyo.

Source: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 1

They said, Why should my son be running quick? We don't want him to be a sportsman.

Walimwambia, Kwa nini mwanangu anapaswa kucheka kwa mafupi? Tunasema si mcheza mwenyewe.

Source: BBC documentary "Chinese Teachers Are Coming"

Among 80 sportsmen competing for medals 16 are Americans.

Kati ya 80 mchezaji wanaopangia picha, 16 wanaotumia America.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

And, on top of these, he had also to tolerate the particular horrors suffered by America's black sportsmen.

Na, kati ya hizi, alitolea mafupi ya mcheza mwenyewe wa America.

Source: The Economist - Arts

We are sportsmen so we do a lot of sports.

Tunakuwa mchezaji kwa hivyo tunachagua kwa mafupi.

Source: VOA Special August 2016 Collection

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