Swahili Word of the Day
tembea
/temBEa/ • verb — 7th of Jun, 2026
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Meaning: to walk; to stroll; to move on foot
Examples
- Tembea polepole chini ya mti.
(Walk slowly under the tree.) - Watembea hadi ukingo wa mto kila mwisho wa wiki.
(They walk to the riverbank every weekend.) - Nilitembea milimani juzi.
(I walked in the hills yesterday.)
Synonyms
- kutembea
- kwenda kwa miguu
Tembea is the common verb for walking on foot or taking a stroll. Use tembea (imperative) to tell someone to walk, watembea for they walk (present), and nilitembea for I walked (past). It is used for casual walks, exercise, or describing movement by foot.
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