Kirundi
kubingura
Word parts: ku-bingura
koo-been-GOO-rah
How to say it
Kirundikubingurakoo-been-GOO-rahsoon
Englishto slap in the facesoon
Frenchgifler au visage, heurter de côtésoon
Meaning
to strike someone across the face with the flat of the hand, or to knock into something from the side.
Good to know
to slap in the face; to sideswipe
Examples
- Yarabinguye uwo musore mu maso.He slapped that young man across the face.
- Ese warabinguye igikoni cara mu muhanda?Did you sideswipe the pot cart in the road?
- Ntiyabinguye, yagumye atuje.He didn't slap him, he stayed calm.
- Imodoka yarabinguye ubwato bwari ku muhanda.The car sideswiped the cart on the road.
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