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How to say “rub” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 3 · Intermediate
English
rub
Yorùbá translation
Ra

Hear it in a sentence

Àgbẹ̀ náà ra garawa omi tuntun.

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Examples

Ọ ra ẹ̀pẹ̀yọ̀

They bought peanuts

Wẹ́ ra kú

You will not die!

kí l'a à bá tà k'á fi ra ọmọ?

what could we possibly have sold to purchase a child?

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

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