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big

adjectiveaidiacht
1. in size, amount, extent
2. of person
3. great, important
4. large in degree
5. successful
6. emphasising sincerity
7. grown up
8. of sibling: older
9. (of letter) capital
adverbdobhriathar
10. in important or successful way
PhrasesNathanna
Phrasal VerbsBriathra Frásacha
 adjectiveaidiacht 1 in size, amount, extentmór adj1 cmu a big tall building foirgneamh mór ard a big furniture company comhlacht mór troscáin there was a big crowd there bhí slua mór i láthair she was driving a great big lorry bhí sí ag tiomáint leoraí mór millteach that table is very big tá an bord sin an-mhór they want a bigger and better house tá teach níos mó agus níos fearr de dhíth orthu that's the biggest house in the street sin é an teach is mó sa tsráid it's far too big tá sé i bhfad rómhór that car is twice as big as mine tá an carr sin a dhá oiread níos mó ná mo charrsa 2 of personmór adj1 cmutéagartha adj3 cmutoirtiúil adj2 cmu he was a big sturdy man fear mór téagartha a bhí ann she's big for her age tá sí mór dá haois she's bigger than me tá sí níos mó ná mé he's three times as big as her tá sé trí huaire níos mó ná í, tá sé trí huaire chomh mór léi 3 great, importantmór adj1 cmutábhachtach adj1 cmusuntasach adj1 cmu I expect to see big changes tá mé ag dúil le hathruithe suntasacha a fheiceáil the big day isn't long off ní fada go dtí an lá mór, ní fada uainn an lá mór we have a big decision to make tá cinneadh mór le déanamh againn diet makes a big difference to health is mór a théann aiste bia i bhfeidhm ar chúrsaí sláinte you've made a big mistake tá botún mór déanta agat this is the big moment seo é báire na fola this is your big opportunity seo do sheans the big teams do well in it déanann na foirne móra go maith ann money is the biggest issue at the moment airgead an cheist is tábhachtaí faoi láthair 4 large in degree it was a big disappointment to everybody bhí díomá an domhain ar gach duine faoi, bhí gach duine iontach meallta leis it was a big success d'éirigh thar cionn leis, d'éirigh thar barr leis it came as a big surprise to me chuir sé an dú-iontas orm, tháinig sé aniar aduaidh orm 5 successful which groups are really big at the moment? cé na grúpaí atá i mbéal an phobail faoi láthair?, cé na grúpaí a bhfuil an-tóir orthu faoi láthair? 6 emphasising sincerity we'd like to say a big thank you to Seán ba mhaith linn buíochas ó chroí a ghabháil le Seán they gave us a really big welcome chuir siad fáilte is fiche romhainn, chuir siad fáilte croíúil romhainn a big apology for the delay míle leithscéal as an moill 7 grown upmór adj1 cmu you're a big boy now is buachaill mór anois thú 8 of sibling: oldermór adj1 cmuníos sine cmu my big brother mo dheartháir mór 9 informalneamhfhoirmeálta (of letter) capitalmór adj1 cmu put a big letter at the start of the sentence cuir litir mhór ag tús na habairte, cuir ceannlitir ag tús na habairte adverbdobhriathar 10 in important or successful way to act big gothaí a chur ort féin to make it big clú agus cáil a bhaint amach, clú a thuilleamh to talk big gaisce a dhéanamh, mórtas a dhéanamh it went down big with the audience thaitin sé thar cionn leis an lucht féachana PhrasesNathanna the big picture (also nó the bigger picture) an pictiúr móran scéal ar fadan scéal iomlán he understands the big picture tuigeann sé an pictiúr mór to be too big for your boots bheith mórluachachbheith sotalachbheith leitheadachéirí in airde a bheith ionat she's too big for her boots tá éirí in airde inti to be big of sb (to do sth) that's big of you! nach maith thú!, nach tú atá fial!, is tú croí na féile! to be big on sb/sth 1 be fond ofbheith tógtha le duine/rudbheith tugtha do dhuine/ruddúil mhór a bheith agat i nduine/rud he's not very big on pop music níl sé iontach tógtha le popcheol, is beag ar fad a shuim i bpopcheol she's really big on that artist tá sí an-tugtha don ealaíontóir sin 2 having lots of this room is big on mirrors tá an seomra seo lán scáthán the menu was big on fish bhí go leor éisc ar an mbiachlár to big it up (brebre), informalneamhfhoirmeálta see also big up at phrasal verbs I'm going out tonight to big it up tá mé ag dul amach ar an ragairne anocht to make a big thing (out) of sth (also nó to make a big thing about sth) scéal mór a dhéanamh de rud he had an accident but didn't want to make a big thing of it bhain taisme de ach níor mhaith leis scéal mór a dhéanamh de ok, no need to make a big thing of it maith go leor, ní gá seanbhailéad a dhéanamh de Phrasal VerbsBriathra Frásacha→ big up
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