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talk

noun

1 noun conversationcomhrá masc4 c m uto have a talk with sb comhrá a bheith agat le duine, dreas cainte a bheith agat le duinewe've had a talk about this before labhraíomar faoi seo cheanawe need to have a talk with her about her exams ní mór dúinn focal a bheith againn léi faoina scrúduithe 2 noun informal lecturecaint fem2 c m uhe delivered a talk on local history thug sé caint uaidh ar stair na háiteshe came to give us a talk on drugs tháinig sí le labhairt linn faoi dhrugaí

Taispeáin iontráil iomlán

3 noun chat, rumourscaint fem2 c m uit's just talk níl ann ach caint, níl ann ach ráflaíwe need more than just talk ní focail amháin atá ag teastáil uainn, ní leor na briathra gan beart dá réiryou should hear the talk! dá gcluinfeá an chaint atá ag dul!there's a lot of talk about the new rules tá go leor cainte ar na rialacha nuathere's talk that ... táthar á rá go ...; tá ráflaí ann go ...there's talk of a strike tá caint ar stailcthere was no talk of any cutbacks níor luadh aon chiorruithe, ní raibh iomrá ar bith ar chiorruithe 4 noun style of speakingcaint fem2 c m utough talk caint chrua, buaileam sciathstreet talk caint na sráidewomen's talk comhrá ban

verb

5 verb speak INTRANSITIVEbheith ag caint VP c m ulabhair verb c m uthey were talking quietly bhí siad ag caint go ciúinI can't talk at the moment níl mé in ann labhairt faoi láthairthe baby can't talk yet níl caint ag an mbabaí fóshe's not talking níl sé ag caint, níl focal asto talk to sb labhairt le duine, bheith ag caint le duinehe talks too much tá an iomarca le rá aigehe isn't talking to me níl sé ag caint liomwho were you talking to? cé leis a raibh tú ag caint?I think I'll talk to a solicitor sílim go rachaidh mé chun cainte le dlíodóirthere's no point in talking to him níl gar a bheith leisI've talked with her on a couple of occasions already bhí cúpla comhrá agam léi cheana féin, labhair mé léi cúpla uair cheana féinI'm not talking about you ní ortsa atá mé ag caint, ní fútsa atá mé ag cainthe's talking about emigrating tá sé ag caint ar dhul ar imirceto talk at sb bheith ag caitheamh chuig duine, bheith ag spalpadh le duineshe talks of little else is beag ábhar comhrá eile a bhíonn aicithe movie got everybody talking tá an scannán ar bhéal gach duine 6 verb speak in language, certain way TRANSITIVElabhair verb c m uthey're talking Spanish tá siad ag labhairt Spáinnise, tá siad ag caint Spáinniseshe's talking sense tá ciall lena cuid cainte, tá dealramh lena bhfuil á rá aicitalk sense! bíodh ciall agat!don't be talking nonsense! cuir uait an raiméis!, fág uait an tseafóid sin! 7 verb discuss TRANSITIVEpléigh verb c m ulabhair faoi PhrV c m uto talk money cúrsaí airgid a phlé, labhairt faoi chúrsaí airgid 8 verb mean, envisage

INTRANSITIVEI'm not talking about ordinary cars here ní gnáthcharranna atá i gceist agam anseo, ní ar ghnáthcharranna atáim ag caint anseo

TRANSITIVElabhair ar PhrV c m uwe're not talking big schools here nílimid ag labhairt ar scoileanna móra anseo, ní scoileanna móra atá i gceist againn anseowe're talking thousands of euro táimid ag caint ar na mílte euro

9 verb mention again INTRANSITIVEtalking of which, ... ós ag caint air sin muid, ...and talking of food, ... agus ós ag caint ar bhia atáimid, ...; agus ó luadh bia, ...talk about a mess! ná labhair liom faoi chiseach!, a leithéid de phrácás!, deirimse praiseach leat!talk about complicated! bí ag caint ar chasta! 10 verb have discussions INTRANSITIVEto get people talking daoine a chur ag caint le chéileit's better to sit down and talk is fearr suí síos agus labhairtto talk to the enemy labhairt leis an namhaid 11 verb give information INTRANSITIVElabhair verb c m ushe refused to talk dhiúltaigh sí labhairtwe have ways of making you talk tá bealaí againn le caint a bhaint asat 12 verb gossip INTRANSITIVEbheith ag caint c m ubheith ag cúlchaint c m uI'm not one to talk but ... ní duine mór cúlchainte mé ach ... 13 verb COMP communicate electronically INTRANSITIVEwhen your program is talking to the server nuair a bhíonn do ríomhchlár ag labhairt leis an bhfreastalaí

phrases

to talk sb into sth

she talked me into going d'áitigh sí orm dul, chuir sí ina luí orm dulshe talked her way into the job fuair a béal bán an post di

to talk sb out of sth

they talked him out of resigning d'áitigh siad air gan éirí as, chuir siad ina luí air gan éirí ashe talked his way out of trouble tháinig sé as gábh le teann bladair

to be all talk

informal he's all talk is fear mór cainte é, níl aige ach caint, níl ann ach gaoth mhórthey're all talk and no action níl iontu ach focal mór agus droch-chur leis

to be all talked out

informal he was all talked out ní raibh blas ar bith eile le rá aige, ní raibh siolla cainte fágtha ann

to be the talk of the neighbourhood

it's the talk of the neighbourhood tá gach duine ag caint faoi, tá sé i mbéal an phobail

to be the talk of the town

they're the talk of the town tá gach duine ag caint fúthu, níl i mbéal an phobail ach iad

money talks

informal is annamh saibhir sáraithe

to not be one to talk

informal you're not one to talk cé thusa le bheith ag caint?, níl aon cheart cainte agatsa

now you're talking!

(also

now you're talking my language!

) informal go díreach glan!anois tá tú ag caint!sin í an chaint!

talk is cheap

is furasta a bheith ag caint

to talk out of your arse

vulgar (also

to talk out of your backside

very informal) you're talking out of your arse! níl ann sin ach deargsheafóid agat!, tá do chac agat! vulgar

to talk the hind legs off a donkey

informal he would talk the hind legs off a donkey is clabaire déanta é, chaithfeadh sé a theanga ag caint, ní théann dúnadh ar a béal

to talk the talk

informal labhairt amhail is dá mbeadh fios do ghnóthaí agat

to talk through your hat

informal bheith ag caint amaidíbheith ag caint seafóide

talk to the hand

very informal níl duine ar bith ag éisteachtabair do rann, a fhir bhig informal

to talk trash

(US), informal 1 speak offensivelylabhairt go maslachto talk trash about sb/sth bheith ag caitheamh anuas ar dhuine/rud 2 talk nonsensebheith ag baothchaintbheith ag breallaireacht informalbheith ag glagaireacht informal c m u

to talk turkey

informal dul go croí na ceistecúrsaí a phlé gan dul ar chúl scéithe leis

you can talk!