curse

All translations

• (verb) hotar, foo malisan
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• hotar
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• maldisaun
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• malisan
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Example sentences

• If you swear at your mother, you will be under a curse.

  Se ó ko'alia liafuan aat ba ó nia amá, sei kona malisan.

• Petroleum can be a blessing to a nation, but can also become a curse.

  Mina rai bele sai bénsaun ba nasaun, maibé bele mós sai malisan.

• So that Timor cannot get this curse.

  Atu Timor labele hetan maldicao ne'e.

Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.

Phrases using “curse”

• If you swear at your mother, you will be under a curse.Se ó ko'alia liafuan aat ba ó nia amá, sei kona malisan.
• Petroleum can be a blessing to a nation, but can also become a curse.Mina rai bele sai bénsaun ba nasaun, maibé bele mós sai malisan.