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Swahili

nusurika

nu-su-RI-ka

How to say it

Swahilinusurikanu-su-RI-kasoon
Englishto survivesoon
Frenchsurvivresoon

Meaning

to survive or escape from danger, be saved.

Good to know

intransitive of nusuru

Examples

  • Alinusurika kwenye ajali mbaya ya gari.He survived a terrible car accident.
  • Watu wengi walinusurika baada ya jengo kuporomoka.Many people survived after the building collapsed.
  • Wote walinusurika kwenye moto ule?Did everyone survive that fire?
  • Meli ilizama lakini abiria wote walinusurika.The ship sank but all the passengers survived.

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