Kinyarwanda
gucengera
Word parts: gu-cengera
goo-cheh-NGEH-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandagucengeragoo-cheh-NGEH-rahsoon
Englishto penetratesoon
Frenchpénétrersoon
Meaning
to make one's way into or through something; to penetrate.
Good to know
to penetrate
Examples
- Amazi yacengeye mu butaka bwose.The water penetrated all through the soil.
- Ubwoba bwacengeye mu bantu benshi kubera iyo nkuru.Fear spread through many people because of that story.
- Ubumenyi bwacengeye mu bantu bakiri bato.Knowledge has penetrated among the young.
- Ntabwo umuyaga washoboye gucengera muri iyi nzu.The wind could not penetrate into this house.
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