spot
n 1 waa, doa, paku, baka can the leopard change his ~s? Chui aweza kubadili madoa yake? 2 (pimple) chunusi, kidundusi, kijiwe. 3 (fig) doa a ~on somebody's reputation doa katika sifa ya mtu. 4 mahali the very ~ palepale. radio ~ n mahali pa matangazo ya biashara (katika kipindi). 5 (kiasi) kidogo a ~of leave likizo fupi a ~ of trouble shida kidogo. 6 (comm) ~ cash nakidi, fedha taslimu ~ market sokosawia ~ prices bei za papo. 7 tone a few ~s of rain matone ya mvua. 8 (phrases). a ~ check n ukaguzi wa ghafula. a tender ~ n suala nyeti. in a ~ (colloq) taabuni. knock ~ of somebody shinda/zidi kirahisi on the ~ pale pale, papo hapo; mara moja; (sl) katika matatizo the person on the ~ mwenyeji; mhusika put somebody on the ~ ingiza (mtu) matatizoni; (of gangsters) amua kumwua mtu put ones finger on/find somebody's weak ~ tambua/ona kasoro ya mtu (kwa ajili ya kumshambulia) vt,vi 1 tia waa, pata madoa. 2 chafua, haribu/ haribika. 3 ona, tambua. spotted adj -a madoa madoa. spotless adj pasipo waa, -eupe, safi. spotlessly adv. spotty adj -enye chunusi, -a wasiwasi (katika ubora). spotter n mchunguzi, mpelelezi (kwa ndege, n.k.).