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borrow

1 verb take loan

TRANSITIVEfaigh ar iasachtI borrowed ten euro from him fuair mé iasacht deich euro uaidh, fuair mé deich euro ar iasacht uaidhshe borrows books from the library faigheann sí leabhair ar iasacht ón leabharlann

INTRANSITIVEiasacht a fháilairgead a fháil ar iasachtthey were forced to borrow b'éigean dóibh iasacht a fháil

2 verb use idea, word, etc TRANSITIVEaithris a dhéanamh ar c m uglac chugat féin c m uhe borrowed elements of all the major religions ghlac sé eilimintí de na mór-reiligiúin uilig chuige féinthe style borrows a lot from Africa tá an stíl bunaithe cuid mhór ar an Afraic

phrases

to borrow a phrase

(also

to borrow an analogy

, to borrow a description

, to borrow a line

) mar a dúirt an té a dúirt

to be living on borrowed time

(also

to be on borrowed time

) she's living on borrowed time níl i bhfad le dul aici, tá a seal beagnach tugtha, is gearr uaithi anois, ní fada uaithi anois

to borrow trouble

1 look for troubleachrann a tharraingt ort féintrioblóid a tharraingt ort féindul ag lorg trioblóidebheith ag cuardach trioblóide 2 worry unnecessarilydon't borrow trouble about that ná buair do cheann leis sin

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