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How to say “stood” in Yorùbá

Common WordsLevel 2 · Easy
English
stood
Yorùbá translation
Dúró

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Àwọ̀ funfun dúró fún mímọ́.

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Examples

Ó dúró bí igi.

It stood like a tree.

Òdòdó róòsù dúró fún ìfẹ́.

The rose stands for love.

Ẹ má dá mi dúró jọ̀ọ́!

Don't hold me up!

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

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