Kinyarwanda
kwigaragura
Word parts: kw-igaragura
kwee-gah-rah-GOO-rah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakwigaragurakwee-gah-rah-GOO-rahsoon
Englishto thrash aroundsoon
Frenchs'agiter violemment (comme un malade)soon
Meaning
to thrash about, twisting and turning restlessly, as someone in great pain does.
Good to know
to thrash around (as sick person does)
Examples
- Umurwayi yigaraguraga ku buriri kubera ububabare.The patient was thrashing about on the bed from the pain.
- Ese uwo mwana yigaragura iyo afite umuriro mwinshi?Does that child thrash about when he has a high fever?
- Ntabwo yigaraguraga cyane, yari yihanganye.He wasn't thrashing much, he was enduring it.
- Uwarwaye azigaragura mu buriri niba atabonye imiti.The sick person will thrash around in bed if he doesn't get medicine.
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