umucengezi
oo-moo-cheh-NGEH-zee
How to say it
Kinyarwandaumucengezioo-moo-cheh-NGEH-zee
Englishinfiltrator, insurgent
Frenchinfiltré, insurgé
Meaning
A fighter who slips into a country to attack it; in Rwanda, above all the armed infiltrators of the late 1990s in the northwest.
Good to know
Plural abacengezi. From gucengera, to seep in or infiltrate.
Examples
- Abacengezi bateye umudugudu nijoro.The infiltrators attacked the village at night.
- Uwahoze ari umucengezi yatahutse mu Rwanda.A former infiltrator returned home to Rwanda.
Forms
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