gucungura

How to say it

Meaning

to buy back or free someone by paying a price; to redeem, to pay a ransom.

Good to know

to redeem, pay ransom

Examples

• Yishyuye amafaranga menshi kugira ngo acungure umuhungu we wafashwe bugwate.He paid a lot of money to ransom his son who had been taken hostage.
• Abizera bemera ko Yesu yabacunguye ku musaraba.Believers hold that Jesus redeemed them on the cross.
• Ntabwo byari byoroshye gucungura icyo kirwa.It was not easy to redeem that piece of land.
• Umuryango washatse gucungura ubutaka bwawo bwaguzwe na bagenzi babo.The family wanted to buy back their land that had been bought by their neighbors.