Tezvara
Shoko rokuti tezvara (father-in-law in English) rinoreva baba vemukadzi wawakaroora iwe murume. Pahukama hwedu muZimbabwe madzitezvara vanosanganisirawo vakoma nevanin'ina vababa vemukadzi wako.
Shoko iri rinoshandazve kutaura hanzvadzi dzemukadzi wawakaroora iwe murume - (wife's brother).
Mazwi eBantu
chinjirudza- VaMambwe vanoti tatavyala witu (our father-in-law) kureva tezvara wedu. Lunyoro isezara (father-in-law) vachireva tezvara.
- VaGanda vanoti ssezaala (father-in-law). VaWabo vanoti asezele (father-in-law) kureva tezvara.
- VaFwe vanoti mukwerume (father-in-law) kureva tezvara. Mamwe mazwi: mukwe (in-law).
- VaSango vanoti kôgarâ (n. a term used mutually among male in-laws - hence, father-in-law, brother-in-law (i.e. wife's brother), son in-law).