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Translation of papetšo in English:

papetšo

comparison

Pronunciation /papêtšô/

noun (class 9, plural dipapetšo)

  • 1

    comparison
    balance
    ‘Papetšo e fa mmadi diswantšho tše botse mabapi le seo mongwadi a se laodišago’ — A comparison gives the reader a good impression of what the writer is describing

  • 2

    Linguistics
    parallelism
    ‘Ratlabala o šomišitše thekniki ye ya papetšo (mokgalabje le peu), gore molaetša wa gagwe o tšwelele gabotse’ — Ratlabala uses this technique of parallelism (between the old man and the seed) to make his message clear