gragra

Naija

Alternative forms

• giragira

Etymology

From Yoruba gìràgìrà which means to be troublesome.

Pronunciation

• gràgrà

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 3
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 1511
• Frequency in raw corpus: 8
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8754

Adjective

• Make person dey too hasty.

See money, dem wan do am gragra, you wan do impatience.  — (ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__80, Look at money! They want to be hasty about it, you want to be impatient about it.)

Noun

1. No be sey you go dey do gragra.  — (ABJ_INF_08_Impatience_DG__79, It is not all about being hasty.)
2. Dey dier dey do gragra. Kalampo go soon show  — Egbokhare_2021, Be causing trouble there, the police will soon come.
3. No dey do gragra for me. I no send una.  — NSC_Tella_2021, Don't be hasty. I don't give a damn.

Translations

• English: hurrying