faucet oor Xhosa

faucet

/ˈfɔːsɪt/, /ˈfɑsɪt/, /ˈfɔsɪt/ naamwoord

(North America) An exposed plumbing fitting; a tap or spigot; a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir.

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itephu

Do you just turn on a faucet and out it pours?
Ngaba uvula nje itephu, aze aziphumele?

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Millions of gallons of water are wasted because of broken water mains and faucets that are left running
Izigidi ngezigidi zeelitha zamanzi ziba yinkcitho ngenxa yemithombo evuzayo neempompo ezishiywa nje zingavalwanga

Do you just turn on a faucet and out it pours?
Ngaba uvula nje itephu, aze aziphumele?

For instance, when a little boy is told by his mother to wash his hands and face, he may think that holding his fingers under a running faucet and wetting his lips is enough.
Ngokomzekelo, xa inkwenkwana ixelelwa ngunina ukuba ihlambe izandla nobuso, isenokucinga kuba ukufaka nje izandla zayo ngaphantsi kwetephu yamanzi nokumanzisa nje imilebe yayo kwanele.

If washing your hands requires nothing more than opening a faucet, it may be hard for you to appreciate how much time people who lack running water in their homes spend getting water each day.
Ukuba ukuhlamba izandla zakho kukusuka nje uvulele impompo, kusenokuba nzima ngawe ukuqonda ixesha abantu abangenazimpompo emakhayeni abo abalichitha ekukheni amanzi suku ngalunye.

● Repair leaky faucets.
● Lungisa iitephu ezivuzayo.

In the same year, dangerous microbes found their way into the water systems of other cities in the United States—Washington, D.C. ; New York City; and Cabool, Missouri—forcing residents to boil the water that came from their faucets.
Kwangaloo nyaka mnye, iintsholongwane eziyingozi zaya kuthi gxwabhabha kwiindawo zamanzi zezinye izixeko zaseUnited States—eWashington, D.C.; kwiSixeko saseNew York; naseCabool, eMissouri—nto leyo eyanyanzelela abemi bezo ndawo ukuba bawabilise amanzi aphuma ezimpompeni zabo.

By opening the faucet or by reducing the caliber, or diameter, of the jet of water, you increase the pressure of the water.
Xa uvula impompo okanye ucinezela intloko yethumbu lokunkcenkcesheIa, ubangela ukuba amanzi aphume ngesantya esiphezulu.

Few people had water piped to their homes, so one of my chores was to go with a bucket to fetch water from an outside faucet, called a standpipe.
Bambalwa abantu ababeneetephu zamanzi kumakhaya abo, ngoko omnye wemisebenzi yam yayikukuya kukha amanzi nge-emele kwimpompo ekude.

A supervisor asks an employee for a report; parents ask their child to clean his room; a wife asks her husband to fix the faucet.
Umphathi ucela ingxelo kumqeshwa; abazali bacela umntwana wabo ukuba acoce igumbi lakhe; umfazi ucela indoda yakhe ukuba ilungise itepu.