pick up
1 (v + adv) lift TRANSITIVEpioc suas PhrV tóg verb ardaigh verb pick that up again! pioc é sin suas arís!he picked something up off the ground thóg sé rud éigin den talamhhe picked the baby up in his arms thóg sé an leanbh ina bhaclainnwatch yourself picking up heavy loads seachain thú féin ag ardú ualaí troma 2 (v + adv) acquire, learn TRANSITIVEfoghlaim verb tabhair leat PhrV I picked up some useful phrases d'fhoghlaim mé cúpla abairt úsáideach, thug mé liom cúpla frása áisiúilTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 (v + adv) collect sth TRANSITIVEbailigh verb tóg verb I'll pick up the food on the way home baileoidh mé an bia ar mo bhealach abhailehe picked up a form from the office bhailigh sé foirm ón oifigI'm going back to pick up my car táim ag dul ar ais chun mo charr a thógáil 4 (v + adv) collect sb by vehicle TRANSITIVEpioc suas PhrV bailigh verb tóg verb a taxi is picking me up tá tacsaí do mo thógáil, tá tacsaí ag teacht faoi mo choinnemy father picks me up from school piocann m'athair suas mé ón scoil, bailíonn m'athair mé ón scoil 5 (v + adv) TELECOM receive (message) TRANSITIVEfaigh verb I've just picked up your voicemail táim díreach tar éis do ghlórphost a fháil 6 (v + adv) arrest TRANSITIVEgabh verb tóg verb he was picked up by the Gardaí ghabh na Gardaí é, thóg na Gardaí é 7 (v + adv) acquire TRANSITIVEfaigh verb you might pick up a few bargains b'fhéidir go bhfaighfeá margadh nó dhó 8 (v + adv) improve INTRANSITIVEfeabhsaigh verb téigh i bhfeabhas VP bisigh verb things are picking up tá rudaí ag feabhsú, tá cúrsaí ag dul i bhfeabhasthe weather picked up again bhisigh an aimsir arís 9 (v + adv) gather pace INTRANSITIVEéirigh níos tapúlaéirigh níos gastathe rhythm picked up d'éirigh an rithim níos sciobtha 10 (v + adv) gain momentum etc TRANSITIVEit picks up speed tosaíonn sé ag dul níos tapúlathis trend will pick up steam rachaidh an nós seo i dtreise 11 (v + adv) gain strength INTRANSITIVEneartaigh verb éirigh níos láidrethe wind is picking up tá an ghaoth ag neartú 12 (v + adv) notice, react to TRANSITIVEsuntas a thabhairt dothe story was picked up by the papers thug na nuachtáin suntas don scéal 13 (v + adv) sign, hire (sb) TRANSITIVEsínigh verb they picked up a couple of players shínigh siad cúpla imreoir 14 (v + adv) detect TRANSITIVEaimsigh verb the cancer was picked up early aimsíodh an ailse go luaththe dogs picked up his scent chuir na madraí a bholadh 15 (v + adv) TV-RAD, TELECOM receive signal etc TRANSITIVEfaigh verb we can pick up two channels táimid ábalta dhá chainéal a fháil 16 (v + adv) catch illness etc TRANSITIVEfaigh verb tóg verb she picked up a cold fuair sí slaghdán, tháinig slaghdán uirthi 17 (v + adv) sustain injury TRANSITIVEfaigh verb you could pick up a serious injury d'fhéadfá drochghortú a fháilshe picked up a hand injury bhain gortú láimhe di 18 (v + adv) win, be given informal TRANSITIVEfaigh verb gnóthaigh verb she picked up an award ghnóthaigh sí gradam, bronnadh gradam uirthihe picked up a yellow card fuair sé cárta buí, bronnadh cárta buí air 19 (v + adv) resume 20 (v + adv) understand after missing some TRANSITIVEteacht isteach arit's hard to pick up the plot again is deacair teacht isteach ar an bplota arís 21 (v + adv) attract partner TRANSITIVEfaigh verb tóg verb if you're trying to pick up a man online má tá tú ag iarraidh fear a fháil ar líne 22 (v + adv) TELECOM answer phone
INTRANSITIVEfreagair verb
23 (v + adv) use (paintbrush, instrument etc) TRANSITIVEwhat made you pick up the pen? cad a thug ort dul i mbun pinn?I picked up the guitar later thosaigh mé ar an ngiotár níos déanaíI haven't picked up a racket for years ní raibh raicéad i mo lámh agam le blianta 24 (v + adv) tidy up (US) TRANSITIVEglan verb réitigh verb → féach pick