trap
verb
1 verb person in a place TRANSITIVEsáinnigh verb the miners were trapped underground bhí na mianadóirí sáinnithe faoi thalamhshe got trapped under the car sáinníodh í faoin gcarrI was trapped in the airport for the night bhí mé sáinnithe san aerfort ar feadh na hoíche 2 verb get sth caught, jammed TRANSITIVEsáinnigh verb ceap verb she trapped her fingers in the door cheap sí a méara sa doras, rug an doras ar a méarahis coat got trapped chuaigh a chóta i bhfostúTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 verb HUNT, FISH animal TRANSITIVEceap i ngaisteto trap an animal breith ar ainmhí i ngaiste, ainmhí a cheapadh i ngaistethe bear was eventually trapped rugadh ar an mbéar sa deireadh 4 verb air, gas, etc TRANSITIVEceap verb gabh verb it traps the heat from the sun ceapann sé teas na gréine 5 verb in bad situation TRANSITIVEsáinnigh verb bac a chur ar he got trapped in poverty chuir an bhochtaineacht bac air 6 verb set sb up TRANSITIVEbeir amuigh ar cuir i sáinn they tried to trap the minister rinne siad iarracht breith amuigh ar an airethey trapped me with their questioning chuir siad i sáinn mé lena gcuid ceisteannashe trapped him into coming here bhuail sí bob air le go dtiocfadh sé anseo
noun
7 noun especially HUNT, FISH for catching animalsgaiste masc4 dol masc3 trap masc4 súil ribe to set a trap gaiste a chureel trap gaiste eascannrabbit trap gaiste coiníní 8 noun pipegaiste masc4 sink trap gaiste doirtilwaste trap gaiste fuíll 9 noun bad situationsáinn fem2 cruachás masc1 he was caught in a trap bhí sé i sáinn, bhí sé i gcruachásshe was caught in a trap of despair bhí an t-éadóchas i ngreim inti, bhí sí in umar na haimléise 10 noun trick to set sb upgaiste masc4 dol masc3 trap masc4 she walked into the trap shiúil sí isteach sa ghaiste, shiúil sí isteach annto draw sb into a trap duine a mhealladh isteach i ngaiste 11 noun bad mistakebotún masc1 meancóg fem2 it's easy to fall into that trap is furasta an botún sin a dhéanamhthey fell into the trap of buying too much rinne siad an botún an iomarca a cheannach 12 noun SPOR in dog racecliabhán masc1 13 noun TRANSP carriagetrap masc4 carr masc1 14 noun SPOR for clay pigeoninneall scaoilteclay pigeon trap inneall scaoilte créphlátaí 15 noun very informal mouthcab masc1 clab masc1 béal masc1 shut your trap! dún do chab!, éist do bhéal!I should have kept my trap shut ba chóir dom mo chlab mór a choinneáil druidte 16 noun MUS genretrap masc4 trap music ceol trap