Words

-svotesa

Shona Definition

Ku svotesa kuita kana kutaura zvokutsamwisa nokukaurisa vamwe. Mavis aisvotesa Pure, achimuti kumba kwavo vanodya sadza namapete.

To provoke is to do or say things that annoy or irritate others. Mavis was provoking Pure, saying that at their home they eat sadza with cockroaches.

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