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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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