Swahili
mateso
ma-TEH-soh
How to say it
Swahilimatesoma-TEH-sohsoon
Englishsufferingssoon
Frenchsouffrancessoon
Meaning
Suffering, pain, or persecution.
Good to know
plural of teso (ji-/ma- class); usually used in the plural.
Examples
- Mateso ya vita hayasahauliki kamwe.The sufferings of war are never forgotten.
- Je, mateso yao yataisha lini?When will their sufferings end?
- Hakuna mateso yasiyo na mwisho.There is no suffering without an end.
- Wanaharakati watapigania kukomesha mateso hayo.Activists will fight to end those sufferings.
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