English → Tetun
on and off
ora-oras
Example sentences
The child is sick on and off. I don’t know what her illness is.
Labarik ne'e moras oraoras. Ha'u la hatene nia moras ne'e saida.
When the power keeps going on and off, it can damage electronic goods.
Ahi lakan-mate beibeik bele estraga sasán eletróniku.
Examples from the 46,000-sentence English–Tetun parallel corpus.