Translations for „bother“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

I . bother [ˈbɒðəʳ, Am ˈbɑ:ðɚ] N no pl

1. bother (trouble):

bother

kłopot m

to go to a lot of bother

zadać sobie wiele trudu

to be in a spot of bother

być w kłopocie

2. bother (annoyance):

to be a bother

zawracać głowę

II . bother [ˈbɒðəʳ, Am ˈbɑ:ðɚ] INTERJ

bother

kurczę!

III . bother [ˈbɒðəʳ, Am ˈbɑ:ðɚ] VB intr

1. bother (take trouble):

to bother with sth

zawracać sobie czymś głowę

you need not have bothered

niepotrzebnie się fatygowałeś

don't bother

nie kłopocz się

2. bother (worry):

to bother about sth

przejmować [perf przejąć] się czymś

IV . bother [ˈbɒðəʳ, Am ˈbɑ:ðɚ] VB trans

1. bother (annoy):

bother

denerwować [perf z-]

2. bother (worry):

bother

niepokoić [perf za-]

3. bother (disturb):

to bother sb about sth

zawracać komuś czymś głowę

Usage examples with bother

don't bother

nie kłopocz się

to bother with sth

zawracać sobie czymś głowę

to be a bother

zawracać głowę

to bother about sth

przejmować [perf przejąć] się czymś

to bother sb about sth

zawracać komuś czymś głowę

to go to a lot of bother

zadać sobie wiele trudu

to be in a spot of bother

być w kłopocie

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Whether it's narcissi, tulips or alliums, it doesn't seem to bother them.

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He has a notoriously quick temper and is prone to snapping at others, including overzealous fans who bother him on the streets.

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Why bother to take off her watch and rings and put it in her dressing table if she's planning on running away?

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While we have long since learned to use moisturiser and sunscreen on our faces and decolletage, most of us don't bother with our hands.

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Colonialism is finished so is wars, so why do you want to bother about naming streets after the land thieves, robbers and murderess?

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Journalists still condescend, when we bother to notice the poor at all.

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He goes to buy another carton from the shop and gets in a real bother when he drops his money.

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Two venomous snakes, the copperhead and timber rattlesnake, live in the park, but they do not bother unless provoked.

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It didn't bother me to rat on girls who hit each other or vandalized school property.

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I do not bother putting clothes on the washing line now because they would just get dirty.

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