stop
verb
1 verb prevent TRANSITIVEstop verb stad verb coisc verb bac verb he didn't try to stop her níor thriail sé í a stopadh, níor fhéach sé le bac a chur uirthiit's a way to stop people stealing money is bealach é chun bac a chur ar dhaoine airgead a ghoidthere's nothing to stop you níl a bhac ort, níl aon bhac ort, níl dada do do stopadhI couldn't stop myself ní raibh neart agam airhe managed to stop himself from laughing d'éirigh leis an gáire a choinneáil faoi choisthey didn't stop the attack níor stop siad an t-ionsaíthis should stop the infection ba cheart go stopfadh sé seo an t-ionfhabhtú, ba cheart go gcoiscfeadh sé seo an t-ionfhabhtúthey stopped the trouble from spreading níor lig siad don trioblóid leathnú 2 verb cease doing sth INTRANSITIVEstop verb stad verb éirigh as PhrV if I don't stop now I never will mura stopfaidh mé anois ní stopfaidh mé go deo, mura stadfaidh mé anois ní stadfaidh mé choíchehe ran without stopping for 3 miles rith sé 3 mhíle gan stad
TRANSITIVEstop de PhrV stad de PhrV éirigh as PhrV caith in aer she stopped work last week stop sí den obair an tseachtain seo caite, stad sí ag obair an tseachtain seo a chuaigh thart, chaith sí an obair in aer an tseachtain seo caitestop it! (also stop that!) stop!, stad!, stad de!, éirigh as!, leag as!, cuir uait!she stopped what she was doing d'éirigh sí as an rud a bhí sí a dhéanamhstop your joking! lig de do chuid magaidh!he wouldn't stop talking about it ní stopfadh sé ag caint faoi, ní raibh druidim ar a bhéal faoi
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3 verb sb doing sth TRANSITIVEstop verb stad verb bac a chur le VP stop a chur le VP stad a chur le VP he stopped her before she was finished stad sé í sula raibh sí críochnaithe, tháinig sé roimpi sula raibh sí críochnaitheshe stopped him talking chuir sí bac air labhairt, chuir sí stop lena chuid cainte 4 verb cease happening 5 verb cease moving 6 verb TRANSP bus, train, etc INTRANSITIVEstop verb stad verb trains don't stop here ní stopann traenacha anseo 7 verb informal stay, spend time INTRANSITIVEfan verb stop verb he's stopping for dinner tá sé ag fanacht don dinnéarthey stopped for a few hours in Edinburgh stop siad i nDún Éideann ar feadh cúpla uair an chloigwe stopped for the night in a hotel chaitheamar an oíche in óstán, fuaireamar leaba na hoíche in óstánthey stopped the evening here chaith siad an tráthnóna anseo, d'fhan siad anseo ar feadh an tráthnóna 8 verb FIN payment, money TRANSITIVEstad a chur le bac a chur ar you can stop the payments is féidir leat stad a chur leis na híocaíochtaífifty euro was stopped from his wages baineadh caoga euro as a chuid pá 9 (also stop up) verb block, cover TRANSITIVElíon verb dún verb druid verb clúdaigh verb we've stopped all the holes tá na poill ar fad líonta againn, tá na poill ar fad dúnta againnhe stopped the bottle with a cork chuir sé corc sa bhuidéalshe stopped her ears chuir sí a méara ina cluasathe cracks should be stopped ba cheart na scoilteanna a líonadh 10 verb MUS string TRANSITIVEto stop a string méarluí ar théad 11 verb MUS hole in wind instrument TRANSITIVEshe stopped the holes chlúdaigh sí na poill lena méara, chuir sí a méara ar na poill 12 verb informal bullet TRANSITIVEhe stopped a bullet bhuail piléar é, cuireadh piléar ann
noun
13 noun halt, standstillstop masc4 stad masc4 it came to a stop tháinig deireadh leis, stop sé, stad séthey brought it to a stop chuir siad stop leishe declared a stop to the violence d'fhógair sé go raibh stop curtha leis an bhforéigeanthe lorry came to a stop stop an leoraí, stad an leoraíthe lift jerked to a stop stop an t-ardaitheoir de léim, stad an t-ardaitheoir de phreabit skidded to a stop sciorr sé nó gur stop séhe brought the train to a stop stop sé an traein, thug sé an traein chun cónaíthe plane is at a stop tá an t-eitleán ina stad 14 noun place you can stopstop masc4 stad masc4 there'll be two stops between Paris and Lyon beidh dhá stad idir Páras agus Lyon, beimid ag stopadh dhá uair idir Páras agus Lyon 15 noun break, reststop masc4 stad masc4 sos masc3 briseadh masc we'll have a 10 minute stop stopfaimid ar feadh 10 nóiméadthere was a stop for lunch bhí briseadh ann i gcomhair lóinto make a stop stop a dhéanamh, stad a dhéanamh, briseadh a thógáil 16 noun TRANSP of bus, train, etcstad masc4 stop masc4 the office is only two stops from O'Connell Street níl an oifig ach dhá stad ó Shráid Uí Chonaillthere's a stop opposite the church tá stad os comhair an tséipéilhe missed his stop chuaigh sé thar a stad, chaill sé a stadthe bus made a few stops rinne an bus cúpla stop, stop an bus cúpla uair, stad an bus cúpla uair 17 noun devicebac masc1 stop masc4 18 noun in functioningstop masc4 stad masc4 19 noun FIN on paymenthe put a stop on the credit card chuir sé bac ar an gcárta creidmheasa 20 noun MUS organ pipessraith píob 21 noun MUS knob on organdallán masc1 22 noun full stoplánstad masc4 23 noun LING (also stop consonant)stop masc4 24 noun PHOT of lensspiara masc4 stop masc4