Kirundi
kururisha
Word parts: ku-rurisha
ku-ru-RI-sha
How to say it
Kirundikururishaku-ru-RI-shasoon
Englishto embittersoon
Frenchrendre amersoon
Meaning
to make something bitter in taste, or figuratively to embitter someone.
Good to know
the causative of kurura (to be bitter); used literally for taste and figuratively for embittering someone's heart.
Examples
- Uru muti rwarurishije icayi cose.This medicine made all the tea bitter.
- Ni iki cururishije iki kinyobwa?What made this drink bitter?
- Ntarurisha imibonano yacu n'amagambo mabi.I don't embitter our relationship with harsh words.
- Agahinda kazomururisha umutima nimba adahumurizwa.Grief will embitter his heart if he is not comforted.
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