betray

[US]/bɪˈtreɪ/
[UK]/bɪˈtreɪ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. kumwahiri kisururu; kumwahiri asali; kufanikiwa kwa kipimo; kumwahiri; kumwahiri
Word Forms
Past Participlebetrayed
Past Tensebetrayed
Present Participlebetraying
Third Person Singularbetrays

Phrases & Collocations

betray oneself

kutumia mtumiaji

Example Sentences

To betray a friend is a base action.

Kutamasha mshindi ni usahihisho.

this group was betrayed by an informer.

kikundi hiki kiliharibiwa na mwendeshaji.

betray one's country to the enemy

kutamasha nchi yako kwa mpira

Don't betray the people's trust in you.

Mtu hauwezi kutamasha uamini wa watu kwa wewe.

Confusion betrays the guilty.

Mchanganyiko huwatangaza waliohukumiwa.

I conjure you not to betray me.

Sikuomai usiniie.

betrayed Christ to the Romans.

Alipigia Kristo kwa Roma.

She was betrayed into a snare.

Alipigia kwa mchovu.

A friend does not betray confidences.

Mshindi hauwezi kutamasha makosa.

You've betrayed my trust.

Umepigia mfidu yangu.

I was betrayed into folly.

Nilipigia kwa kipindi.

betrayed their cause; betray one's better nature.

walipigia mizani yao; kupiga mshangao mwingine.

He betrayed nervousness by stammering.

Alikuwa na kipindi kwa kusimamia.

Trust thyself only,and another shall not betray thee.

Uamini wewe mweka mimi, na mwingine hauwezi kutamasha wewe.

the men who have betrayed British people's trust.

wanaume ambao wamepigia mfidu wa watu wa Uingereza.

he could betray his friends for the sake of money.

Alikuwa amekuwa kutamasha mshindani kwa sababu ya pesa.

a voice that betrays his Welsh origins.

sauti ambayo inatumasha mizigo yake ya Walis.

Woe betide you if you betray us.

Moyo mwa mpira kwa wewe kama utamasha tunawe.

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