Kinyarwanda
kurenganya
Word parts: ku-renganya
koo-reh-NGAH-nyah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakurenganyakoo-reh-NGAH-nyahsoon
Englishto treat unjustlysoon
Frenchtraiter injustement, persécutersoon
Meaning
to treat someone unfairly or cruelly, denying them what is rightly theirs.
Good to know
to treat unjustly, unfairly, persecute
Examples
- Umukoresha yarenganyaga abakozi be, atabahemba uko bikwiye.The employer treated his workers unjustly, not paying them properly.
- Kuki urenganya abana bato?Why do you mistreat young children?
- Ntabwo twashakaga kurenganya undi muntu.We did not intend to treat anyone unfairly.
- Ntawe ukwiye kurenganywa mu gihugu cye.No one deserves to be treated unjustly in their own country.
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