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How to say “pepper” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 1 · Beginner
English
pepper
Yorùbá translation
Ata

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Ata ni a ń gbìn láti irúgbìn rẹ̀.

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Examples

A dẹ́n ata

We fried pepper

a dín ata

We fried pepper

Wọ́n máa ń lọ ata lúbúlúbú.

They grind the pepper fine.

These are sentences where the word appears, matched automatically rather than hand-picked usage.

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