gutezura

How to say it

Meaning

to fail to keep a promise one has made, or to lose interest and let go of something one had started.

Good to know

to fail to keep one's promise, to let go of what you've started to take or do, to lose interest --ti says (verb without infinitive) ati he, she says avug'ati he, she says that a-ti he, she says (from -ti)

Examples

• Yatezuye indagano yari yagiranye na twe.He failed to keep the promise he had made with us.
• Ese uzotezura ico wari watanguye?Will you give up on what you had started?
• Ntategura ico yiyemeje, aragukomeza gushika ku mpera.He doesn't abandon what he sets out to do, he sees it through to the end.
• Abantu benshi baratezura imihango bari batanguye.Many people give up on customs they had started keeping.