imagine
1 verb picture in your mind TRANSITIVEsamhlaigh verb it's hard to imagine it is deacair é a shamhlúshe imagined having to start again shamhlaigh sí conas a bheadh sé dá mbeadh uirthi tosú aríshe imagined his mother as a young girl shamhlaigh sé a mháthair agus í ina cailín óg 2 verb suppose sth is true TRANSITIVEsamhlaigh verb I was taken aback, as you might imagine baineadh siar asam, mar a shamhlófá; baineadh siar asam, mar a bheifeá ag súil leisshe imagined him to be a reporter cheap sí gur iriseoir a bhí ann, ghlac sí leis gur iriseoir a bhí annTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb wrongly think sth exists TRANSITIVEsamhlaigh verb I must have imagined it caithfidh gur á shamhlú dom a bhí sé, caithfidh sé gur ar mo shúile a bhí sé, caithfidh sé gur ag brionglóideach a bhí mé 4 verb in surprise, disbelief TRANSITIVEsamhlaigh verb imagine being that rich! samhlaigh a bheith chomh saibhir sin!just imagine! samhlaigh é!, féach air sin anois!, an gcreidfeá?