New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: await · waist · bait · gait · waft · waif · wail · wain · want · wart

wait

1 noun pause, delayfanacht masc3 c m ufeitheamh masc1 c m ufuireach masc1 c m uI had a half-hour wait bhí fanacht leathuaire agam, bhí mé ag feitheamh ar feadh leathuairewe're in for a long wait tá moill fhada romhainn, tá feitheamh fada romhainnit'll only be a short wait ní bheimid ag fanacht i bhfadthere's an hour's wait in Armagh tá stad uaire in Ard Mhacha annyou'll have a long wait! beidh fuireach fada ort!, beidh giúrainn ag fás ort! informal 2 verb hold on for sth TRANSITIVEyou'll have to wait your turn caithfidh tú fanacht le do sheal

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3 verb for sb/sth

INTRANSITIVEfan verb c m uyou'll just have to wait beidh ort fanachtdon't keep us waiting ná coinnigh ag fanacht sinnmy apologies for keeping you waiting gabh mo leithscéal as moill a chur ort, tá mé buartha as tú a choinneáilthey kept me waiting outside the door d'fhág siad mé ag fanacht taobh amuigh den dorasI'll wait until midnight fanfaidh mé go dtí an meán oíchewait till I see fan go bhfeice méwait until your father gets home! fan go dtiocfaidh d'athair abhaile!

TRANSITIVEfan verb c m uare these children waiting to go home? an bhfuil na páistí seo ag fanacht le dul abhaile?we were waiting to hear what was going on bhíomar ag fanacht go gcloisfimis cad a bhí ag tarlúI had to wait twenty minutes b'éigean dom fanacht ar feadh fiche nóiméad

4 verb until later INTRANSITIVEfan verb c m uthese things can wait is féidir leis na rudaí seo fanacht, fanadh na rudaí seothis can't wait ní féidir é seo a chur ar an méar fhada, caithfear é seo a dhéanamh lom láithreachit can wait till tomorrow fág go dtí amárach é, déanfaidh sé gnó amárach 5 verb be ready INTRANSITIVEthere's a package waiting for you in the office tá pacáiste san oifig faoi do choinneI have the papers waiting for you here tá na páipéir réidh agam duit anseothere was a car waiting for me at the door bhí carr ag fanacht liom ag an doras, bhí carr faoi mo choinne ag an doras 6 verb in restaurant etc INTRANSITIVEto wait at a table freastal ag bordto wait on a table freastal ag bord, freastal a dhéanamh ag bordto wait on sb freastal a dhéanamh ar dhuineI'm not here to wait on you! níl mise anseo le freastal a dhéanamh ortsa!, ní mise do sclábhaí! 7 verb (US) serve food, drink TRANSITIVEfreastail agfreastal a dhéanamh ag VPI was waiting tables last summer bhí mé ag freastal ag boird an samhradh seo caite

phrases

sb can't wait for sth

I can't wait for them to arrive is fada liom nó go dtiocfaidh siadthey can't wait to get revenge tá siad ar bís le díoltas a imirt, tá siad i mbroid le díoltas a imirt, tá fonn millteanach díoltais orthu

to be a ... waiting to happen

he's an accident waiting to happen tá an tubaiste os a chionn, tá an tubaiste i ndán dó

to be waiting in the wings

they're waiting in the wings tá siad ag fanacht lena seans, tá siad ag fanacht leis an uain

everything comes to him who waits

(also

all things come to him who waits

, everything comes to he who waits

, all things come to he who waits

) fan le cóir agus gheobhaidh tú cóirfaigheann foighne fortacht

to have sth waiting for sb

she had a meal waiting for us bhí béile réidh aici dúinn

just you wait

(also

just you wait and see

) 1 reassuringjust you wait and see fan go bhfeice tú 2 threatening, warningjust you wait till your father gets back! beidh daor ort nuair a thiocfaidh d'athair ar ais!

to lie in wait

they lay in wait luigh siad i bhfolach

to lie in wait for

to lie in wait for sb luíochán a dhéanamh roimh dhuine, bheith i do luí roimh dhuinethe photographers lay in wait for them bhí na grianghrafadóirí i bhfolach rompu

to play the waiting game

let's play the waiting game! fanaimis tamall!the police played the waiting game with the hijackers d'fhan na póilíní go foighneach leis na fuadaitheoirí

wait a minute

fan nóiméadfan bomaitewait a second fan soicind

to wait and see

we'll just have to wait and see caithfimid fanacht go bhfeicfimid, beidh le feiceáil

wait for it!

informal 1 announcing newstonight you've won - wait for it - €150,000 buaite agat anocht tá - fan go gcloise tú - €150,000; buaite agat anocht tá - fan go gcluine tú - €150,000; buaite agat anocht tá - an gcreidfeá - €150,000 2 telling sb to hold onfan!fan go fóill!

to wait for the other shoe to drop

(US), informal fanacht le huair na cinniúna

to wait on sb hand and foot

gach cóir a chur ar dhuineduine a chur ó bhos go bosbheith ag tindeáil ar dhuine