A2verb · transitive · common

bother

bother · bothers · bothered · bothering

турбувати, турбуватися

беспокоить, беспокоиться, тревожиться, утруждать себя

nerven, stören, Mühe machen, bemühen

To annoy, to disturb, to irritateTo annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.

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UK/ˈbɒðə(ɹ)/US/ˈbɑðɚ/

» I didn't want to bother you.

Я не хотел тебя беспокоить.

Я не хотел вас беспокоить.

Я не хотів турбувати.

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
Would it bother you if I smoked?
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
(euphemistic, imperative, transitive)Damn; curse.
stören, nerven
беспоко́итьbespokóitʹ
турбува́тиturbuváty
(intransitive, reflexive)To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.
I never bother about such trivialities.
I wouldn't bother with an umbrella if I were you.
беспоко́итьсяbespokóitʹsja, трево́житьсяtrevóžitʹsja
турбува́тисяturbuvátysja
take the trouble to do something; concern oneself
(catenative, intransitive)To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
Why do I even bother to try?
Mühe machen, bemühen
To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
(catenative, intransitive)To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
You didn’t even bother to close the door.
утруждать себяutruždatʹ sebja
to cause inconvenience or discomfort to

Examples

1431 sentences

I didn't want to bother you.
Я не хотів турбувати.
ruЯ не хотел тебя беспокоить.
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How could it not bother you?
Як це може вас не турбувати?
ruКак это может вас не беспокоить?
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I don't want to bother you.
Я не хочу турбувати.
ruЯ не хочу вас беспокоить.
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I asked him not to bother me.
Я попросив його не турбувати мене.
ruЯ его попросил не беспокоить меня.
deIch bat ihn, mich nicht weiter zu stören.
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I'm sorry to bother you so often.
Вибачте, що турбую Вас так часто.
ruПрости, что так часто тебя беспокою.
deTut mir leid, dass ich dich ständig störe.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to:

to feel care or concern:

Русский

By meaning 3

to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to:

to feel care or concern:

to do something which is of negligible inconvenience:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to annoy, to disturb, to be troublesome to:

to take the trouble, to trouble oneself to do something:

Origin

Borrowed from Scots bauther, bather (“to bother”). Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scot

Borrowed from Scots bauther, bather (“to bother”). Origin unknown. Perhaps related to Scots pother (“to make a stir or commotion, bustle”), also of unknown origin. Compare English pother (“to poke, prod”), variant of potter (“to poke”). More at potter. Perhaps related to Irish bodhaire (“noise”), Irish bodhraim (“to deafen, annoy”).

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