kwitiranya
kwee-tee-RAH-nyah
How to say it
Kinyarwandakwitiranyakwee-tee-RAH-nyah
Englishto confuse, mix up
Frenchconfondre
Meaning
To take one person or thing for another because they look or sound alike.
Good to know
What is confused is the object and what it is mistaken for follows with na: kwitiranya A na B, to mistake A for B. The passive kwitiranywa is to be mistaken for someone.
Examples
- Abantu benshi bitiranya impanga zombi.Many people mix up the two twins.
- Ntukitiranye urukundo nyarwo n'irari.Do not confuse true love with lust.
- Nitiranyije amazina y'abo bana babiri.I mixed up the names of those two children.
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