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How to say “pepper” in Hausa

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
pepper
Hausa translation
Barkono

Hear it in a sentence

Barkono yana tsada sosai

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Examples

Fesa barkono kawai.

It's just pepper spray.

Kar ka sosa idanunuka bayan ka taɓa barkono.

Never rub your eyes after cutting a hot pepper.

These are sentences where the word appears, matched automatically rather than hand-picked usage.

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