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quite

1. adverb fairly2. adverb completely, absolutely3. adverb very4. adverb exactly5. determiner emphasising degree or extent6. interjection expressing agreement
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1 adverb fairlysách  c m ucuibheasach  c m uréasúnta  c m umeasartha  c m uthe story is quite simple tá an scéal sách simplí, tá an scéal simplí go maith, tá an scéal cuibheasach simplí, tá an scéal measartha simplíit was quite hard to read bhí sé deacair go maith a léamh, bhí sé sách deacair a léamhit's quite a high price is praghas sách ard é, tá sé ard go maith mar phraghas 2 adverb completely, absolutelyar fad  c m uamach is amach  c m uan-  c m ushe was quite happy with it bhí sí an-sásta leis, bhí sí breá sásta leisyou're quite right tá an ceart ar fad agatI'm not quite sure nílim lánchinntehe's quite capable of doing it tá sé breá ábalta é a dhéanamhthat's quite a different matter sin scéal eile ar fadI wasn't quite finished ní raibh mé críochnaithe fós
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3 adverb veryan-  c m ufíor- prefthar a bheith  c m uamach agus amach  c m uthis is quite awful tá sé seo uafásach amach agus amach, tá sé seo uafásach ar fadit's quite obviously a ploy is ríléir gur cleas atá ann 4 adverb exactlygo díreach  c m ubaileach  c m uthat's not quite right níl sé sin baileach ceart, níl sé sin ceart go huile agus go hiomlán, níl sé sin ceart ar fad ar fad, níl sé sin cruinn amach agus amachshe can't quite remember what was said ní cuimhin léi go díreach cad a dúradhI don't quite think he'd believe that ní dóigh liom dáiríre go gcreidfeadh sé é sinthat's not quite what we ordered ní hé sin go baileach an rud a d'ordaíomarquite who said it I don't know níl a fhios agam go díreach cé a dúirt é 5 determiner emphasising degree or extentnach beag  c m uceart  c m uan-  c m uit was quite a shock to me baineadh geit nár bheag asam, baineadh geit cheart asamwe've been waiting for quite some time táimid ag fanacht le tamall maithit's quite a challenge ní beag an dúshlán é 6 interjection expressing agreementis fíor duitgo díreach  c m utá an ceart ar fad agat'There's nothing here.' 'Quite.' 'Níl faic anseo.' 'Is fíor duit.'
phrases

it's quite all right

(also

that's quite all right

) tá sé sin ceart go leorná cuireadh sé isteach ná amach ortná bí buartha faoitá tú togha

quite a lot

(also

quite a bit

, quite a few

) a lán  c m uan-chuid  c m ugo leor  c m ushe does quite a lot of travelling déanann sí a lán taistil, déanann sí an-chuid taistil, déanann sí go leor taistil, déanann sí cuid mhór taistilhe has quite a bit of money tá a lán airgid aige, tá lear mór airgid aigewe saw quite a few animals chonaiceamar a lán ainmhithe, chonaiceamar go leor ainmhithe

quite frankly

(also

quite honestly

) dáiríre  c m uchun bheith macánta leatle fírinne  c m udéanta na fírinne  c m u

to quite like sth

(also

to quite enjoy sth

) I quite liked it thaitin sé go mór liomthey quite enjoy it taitníonn sé go mór leo, baineann siad an-sult as

quite the best

(also

quite the worst

, quite the biggest

) she wouldn't be quite the worst níorbh í ba mheasa ar fadit was quite the biggest fish I ever saw ba é an t-iasc ba mhó dá bhfaca mé riamh éthis is quite the most important point is é seo an pointe is tábhachtaí ar fad

quite the gentleman

(also

quite the charmer

) also ironic he's quite the gentleman is fear uasal amach agus amach é, is é corp an duine uasail éshe's quite the politician polaiteoir cruthanta is ea í, polaiteoir amach is amach atá inti

quite the thing

selfies are quite the thing at the moment tá na féiníní go mór san fhaisean ar na saolta seo

not quite the thing

it isn't quite the thing to say things like that ní féidir rudaí mar sin a rá, níl sé indéanta rudaí mar sin a ráthat isn't quite the thing for a married man níl sé sin indéanta ag fear pósta, ní den chuibhiúlacht é sin ag fear pósta, is olc an mhaise é sin ag fear pósta

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