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Kukwatela

verbtransitiveintransitiveReviewedpage 201

Portuguese spellingKukuatela

Definitions

  1. 1
    To pay oneself directly; to retain.

    PT Pagar-se por suas mãos; reter.·FR Se payer de ses propres mains; retenir.

    • kukuatela rikongo
  2. 2
    To prevent; to impede.

    PT Impedir.·FR Empêcher.

  3. 3
    verbtransitive
    To grasp, to take hold of, to hold by.

    PT Agarrar, pegar, segurar por.·FR Saisir, attraper, tenir par.

    • kukuatela poko ku mubinhi
  4. 4
    noun
    Reserve; delay.

    PT Reserva; demora.·FR Réserve; retard.

  5. 5
    Kurikuatela, v. r. To see with one's own eyes.

    PT Kurikuatela, v. r. Ver com os próprios olhos.·FR Kurikuatela, v. r. Voir de ses propres yeux.

    Kurikuatela
  6. 6
    To make sure; to ascertain.

    PT Assegurar-se; certificar-se.·FR S'assurer; se certifier.

  7. 7
    To catch red-handed.

    PT Apanhar com a boca na botija.·FR Prendre la main dans le sac.

Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 201 (left)\u00b7 modern spelling canonical, source spelling redirected