• English word bless in the Shona Dictionary
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komborera
/kóᵐɓóréra/

• verb
• dialects/origins: Karanga, Korekore, Manyika, Zezuru

English translation

bless

1. To invoke or pronounce a blessing upon (another or others)
2. To confer well-being upon; bestow happiness prosperity, or good of any kind upon; make happy, prosperous, or fortunate.
3. To favour (with); make happy or fortunate by some specified means.
4. To consecrate or set apart to holy or sacred purposes; make or pronounce holy: formerly occasionally used of persons.
5. To consecrate (a thing) by a religious rite.
6. To praise or extol (or) as holy or worthy of reverence, or (b) as the giver of benefits; extol or glorify with thankful acknowledgment of benefits received.
7. To esteem or account happy; congratulate; felicitate : used reflexively.