New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: shake up · stoke up · take up · stake out · strike up · make up · rake up · save up · scale up · scare up

stake up

(v + adv) HORT TRANSITIVEtaca a chur le c m u → see stake

stake

1 noun COMM in businessleas masc3 c m ubun masc1 c m upeople who have a stake in the business daoine a bhfuil leas acu sa ghnó, daoine a bhfuil bun acu sa ghnó 2 noun in sth important to youI've got a personal stake in it tá lámh agam féin ann

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3 noun betgeall masc1 c m usmall or large stakes are accepted glactar le geallta idir bheag agus mhórto raise the stakes na geallta a ardú 4 noun postcuaille masc4 c m uposta masc4 c m ustáca masc4 c m u 5 verb bet sth TRANSITIVEcuir verb c m uhe staked five euro on each race chuir sé cúig euro ar gach rás, chuir sé geall cúig euro ar gach rás 6 verb put sth at risk TRANSITIVEcuir i mbaol c m ucuir i gcontúirt c m ushe staked her artistic reputation on them chuir sí a clú mar ealaíontóir i mbaol leoI staked my all on it chuir mé a bhfuil agam i ngeall air 7 (also stake up) verb HORT support (plant etc) TRANSITIVEfrapa a chur faoi c m utaca a chur le c m uyou'll need to stake the tomatoes beidh ort taca a chur leis na trátaí

phrases

at stake

1 at riski mbaol c m ulives were at stake bhí beatha daoine i mbaoljobs were at stake during the strike bhí jabanna i gcontúirt a gcaillte le linn na stailce 2 at issuei gceistidir chamáinwe discussed the concepts at stake phléamar na coincheapa a bhí i gceistwhat's at stake is our understanding of culture ár dtuiscint ar chultúr an rud atá idir chamáin

to go to the stake for sth

(also

go to the stake over sth

) it's not worth going to the stake for ní fiú do bheatha a chur i mbaol mar gheall air, ní fiú do cheann a chur i ngeall air

to pull up stakes

(US), informaldo sheolta a ardúthey pulled up stakes and moved to Canada d'ardaigh siad a seolta agus bhog siad go Ceanada

to stake a claim

(also

to stake your claim

) éileamh a dhéanamhthey staked a claim for autonomy d'éiligh siad neamhspleáchas

to stake your life on sth

I'd stake my life on it chuirfinn do rogha geall leat air

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to pull up stakes (US), informal do sheolta a ardúthey pulled up stakes and moved to Canada d'ardaigh siad a seolta agus bhog siad go Ceanada

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