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bother

1. verb make effort2. verb worry, upset sb3. verb inconvenience, disturb sb4. verb cause discomfort or pain5. noun trouble, effort6. noun annoying or disturbing person/thing7. interjection as interjection
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1 verb make effort INTRANSITIVEbac verb  c m ushe never bothered to reply níor bhac sí le freagra a thabhairt, níor chuir sí de dhua uirthi féin freagra a thabhairtit's a wonder anyone bothers going on holidays is mór an t-ionadh go dtéann aon duine ar saoireI don't know why you bother with it níl a fhios agam cén fáth a mbacann tú leis 2 verb worry, upset sb TRANSITIVEcuir isteach ar  c m ucuir as do  c m ubheith ag déanamh tinnis dothe traffic bothers him no end cuireann an trácht isteach go mór air, cuireann an trácht soir éit's the long hours that bother me is iad na huaireanta fada atá ag cur as dom
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3 verb inconvenience, disturb sb TRANSITIVEcuir isteach ar  c m ucuir as do  c m ucráigh verb  c m usorry to bother you tá aiféala orm faoi chur isteach ort, tá brón orm faoi chur as duit, tá mé buartha faoi bheith ag cur as duit 4 verb cause discomfort or pain TRANSITIVEcuir as do  c m uhis back is bothering him tá an droim ag cur as dó, tá an droim ag dul dó 5 noun trouble, effortdua masc4  c m ustró masc4  c m utrioblóid fem2  c m uit's not worth the bother ní fiú an tairbhe an trioblóid, ní fiú duit do chloigeann a bhodhrú leis 6 noun annoying or disturbing person/thingall the travelling is a bother is crá croí é an taisteal ar fadshe won't be a bother to you ní chuirfidh sí isteach ná amach ort, ní chuirfidh sí chugat ná uait 7 interjection as interjectiondamnú air!  c m ua dhiabhail!  c m umo dhiomú dó!
phrases

a bit of bother

(also

a spot of bother

) trioblóid  c m uthere's a bit of bother with the order tá fadhb bheag leis an ordúI was in a bit of bother last night bhí trioblóid bheag agam aréir, bhí rud beag trioblóide agam aréir

can't be bothered

informalI couldn't be bothered to listen to his rubbish ní bheinn gafa ag éisteacht lena chuid amaidí, ní fhéadfainn éisteacht lena chuid seafóideI couldn't be bothered to go for a walk ní ligfeadh an leisce dom dul amach ag siúl, níorbh fhiú liom dul amach ag siúl

to go to the bother of doing sth

she went to the bother of preparing the meal chuir sí de dhua uirthi féin an béile a réiteach

no bother

gan stró  c m ushe'll get a job no bother gheobhaidh sí post gan stró, ní bheidh aon stró uirthi post a fháilit's no bother níl trioblóid ar bith leis, ní haon dua é, níl aon fhadhb leis

to save sb the bother

it saved me the bother of having to cook shábháil sé mise ó chócaireacht; a bhuíochas dó, ní raibh ormsa a bheith ag cócaireacht

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