upfront
1 adjective frank, directoscailte adj3 ionraic adj1 macánta adj3 they were quite upfront about it bhí siad breá oscailte faoi, ní dhearna siad aon iarracht é a cheilt, ní dheachaigh siad anonn ná anall leis 2 adjective (of colour, smell etc) bolddána adj3 láidir adjTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 adjective of payment: made in advanceroimh ré réamh- prefthey require an upfront deposit teastaíonn éarlais uathu roimh ré 4 adjective of costs etc: initialtosaigh gs as adj tús- prefthe upfront costs na costais tosaigh 5 (also up front) adverb in advanceroimh ré 6 (also up front) adverb at the outsetag an tús 7 (also up front) adverb SPOR in attacking positionshe plays up front imríonn sí chun tosaigh, imríonn sí sna tosaithe