- English word pain in the Shona Dictionary
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- verb
- synonyms: dzimba
- dialects/origins: Zezuru
- English translation
- sour
- Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart.
Imperative example | Shona | English | | rwadza | sour (singular) |
| rwadzai | sour (plural) |
Simple future tense example | Shona | English | | Ndicha rwadza | I will sour |
| ucha rwadza | you will sour (singular) |
| mucha rwadza | you will sour (plural) |
| acha rwadza | he/she will sour |
| ticha rwadza | we will sour |
| vacha rwadza | they will sour |
| chicha rwadza | it will sour |
last updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 1:58:50 PM Central European Summer Time
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- sore
- Reddish brown; sorrel.
last updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 1:58:50 PM Central European Summer Time
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- painful
- Full of pain; causing uneasiness or distress, either physical or mental; afflictive; disquieting; distressing.
last updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 1:58:50 PM Central European Summer Time
- verb
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- pain
- Punishment suffered or denounced; suffering or evil inflicted as a punishment for crime, or connected with the commission of a crime; penalty.
Imperative example | Shona | English | | rwadza | pain (singular) |
| rwadzai | pain (plural) |
Simple future tense example | Shona | English | | Ndicha rwadza | I will pain |
| ucha rwadza | you will pain (singular) |
| mucha rwadza | you will pain (plural) |
| acha rwadza | he/she will pain |
| ticha rwadza | we will pain |
| vacha rwadza | they will pain |
| chicha rwadza | it will pain |
last updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 1:58:50 PM Central European Summer Time
- verb
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- hurt
- A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.
Imperative example | Shona | English | | rwadza | hurt (singular) |
| rwadzai | hurt (plural) |
Simple future tense example | Shona | English | | Ndicha rwadza | I will hurt |
| ucha rwadza | you will hurt (singular) |
| mucha rwadza | you will hurt (plural) |
| acha rwadza | he/she will hurt |
| ticha rwadza | we will hurt |
| vacha rwadza | they will hurt |
| chicha rwadza | it will hurt |
last updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 1:58:50 PM Central European Summer Time
- noun , class(6)
- antonyms: mafaro
- stem : kurwadza
- dialects/origins: Standard Shona
- English translation
- pain
- intense pain, usually associated with illness, but may refer to unfortunate incidences that cause distress such as death
Demonstrative determiners example | Shona | English | | marwadzo aya | these pain |
| marwadzo ayo | those pain |
Possessive pronouns example | Shona | English | | marwadzo angu | my pain |
| marwadzo ako | your pain (singular) |
| marwadzo enyu | your pain (plural) |
| marwadzo ake | his/her pain |
| marwadzo edu | our pain |
| marwadzo acho | its pain |
| marwadzo avo | their pain |
last updated: Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at 8:09:35 AM Central European Standard Time