Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Fuss, ado.

    There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.

    Umstände, Schwierigkeiten

    хвилюва́тисяxvyljuvátysja, турбува́тисяturbuvátysja

  2. (countable, uncountable)Trouble, inconvenience.

    Yes, I can do that for you—it’s no bother.

    турбо́тиturbóty

    something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness

Examples

1431 sentences
  1. I didn't want to bother you.

    Я не хотів турбувати. — rmdas

    ruЯ не хотел тебя беспокоить. — marafon

  2. How could it not bother you?

    Як це може вас не турбувати? — deniko

    ruКак это может вас не беспокоить? — marafon

  3. I don't want to bother you.

    Я не хочу турбувати. — rmdas

    ruЯ не хочу вас беспокоить. — sharptoothed

  4. I asked him not to bother me.

    Я попросив його не турбувати мене. — deniko

    ruЯ его попросил не беспокоить меня. — AntonKhorev

    deIch bat ihn, mich nicht weiter zu stören. — Trinkschokolade

  5. I'm sorry to bother you so often.

    Вибачте, що турбую Вас так часто. — lingvokrolik

    ruПрости, что так часто тебя беспокою. — marafon

    deTut mir leid, dass ich dich ständig störe. — Yorwba

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
fuss, ado:
trouble, inconvenience:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fuss, ado:

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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Forms

plural: bothers
Singularbother
Pluralbothers

regular

Synonyms

68 synonyms

Collocations

12 patterns
  • seem to bother
  • even bother to
  • didn't even bother
  • even bother
  • want to bother
  • the noise bothered
  • sorry to bother
  • the heat bothered
  • noise didn't bother
  • noise bothered
  • snoring didn't bother
  • the smell bothered

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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