bother in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for bother in the English»Serbian Dictionary

I.both·er ['bɒðəʳ] N no pl

1. bother:

bother

briga f

bother

problem m

bother

teškoća f

it is no bother [at all]!

nije mi teško!

it is no bother [at all]!

ne predstavlja nikakav problem!

I don't want to put you to any bother

ne bih da te opteretim...

to not be worth the bother

ne biti vredan truda

to go to [all] the bother of doing sth

namučiti se oko nečega

2. bother:

bother (trouble)

problem m

bother (difficulties)

teškoće

usu pl to get oneself into a spot of bother

dovesti sebe u pomalo nezgodnu situaciju

3. bother Brit (nuisance):

bother

gnjavaža f

II.both·er ['bɒðəʳ] INTERJ esp Brit

[oh] bother!

Dođavola! inf

III.both·er ['bɒðəʳ] VB intr

don't bother!

pusti!

don't bother!

ostavi!

shall I wait? — no, don't bother

da sačekam? ne, ne muči se...

why bother?

zašto se mučiti?

you needn't have bothered

nije trebalo da se mučiš

don't bother about [doing] the laundry

nemoj se opterećivati pranjem veša

he hasn't even bothered to write

nije pokušavao ni da napiše

why bother asking if you're not really interested?

zašto uopšte da te pitam kada nisi zainteresovan?

she didn't even bother to let me know

nije se ni potrudila da mi kaže

do they bother about punctuality in your job?

mare li za tačnost kod tebe na poslu?

IV.both·er ['bɒðəʳ] VB trans

1. bother (worry):

bother

zabrinuti // brinuti

it bothered me that I hadn't done anything

brine me to što nisam ništa učinio

what's bothering you?

šta te muči?

you shouldn't let that bother you

ne dozvoli da te to brine

2. bother (concern):

bother

smetati imperf

it doesn't bother me what he thinks

briga me šta on misli

it doesn't bother me if he doesn't turn up

meni ne smeta ako se ne pojavi

3. bother (disturb):

bother

smetati imperf

bother

ometati imperf

bother

uznemiravati imperf

don't bother me [with that]!

ne gnjavi me više s tim!

stop bothering me when I'm working

ne ometaj me dok radim

I'm sorry to bother you, but ...

izvinite što vas ometam ali....

4. bother (annoy):

bother

dosaditi // dosađivati

quit bothering me!

prestani da me nerviraš!

my tooth is bothering me

muči me zub

5. bother usu passive (not make the effort):

I just couldn't be bothered to answer the phone

mrzelo me je da se javim na telefon

bother Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

it is no bother [at all]!

nije mi teško!

it is no bother [at all]!

ne predstavlja nikakav problem!

to not be worth the bother

ne biti vredan truda

to go to [all] the bother of doing sth

namučiti se oko nečega

shall I wait? — no, don't bother

da sačekam? ne, ne muči se...

don't bother about [doing] the laundry

nemoj se opterećivati pranjem veša

why bother asking if you're not really interested?

zašto uopšte da te pitam kada nisi zainteresovan?

you shouldn't let that bother you

ne dozvoli da te to brine

it doesn't bother me what he thinks

briga me šta on misli

I'm sorry to bother you, but ...

izvinite što vas ometam ali....

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

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

www.ft.com

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

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

We don't let the rain bother us, we just put on our wellies and away we go.

www.shropshirestar.com

The message was: don't bother us with your problems, work them out yourselves.

en.wikipedia.org

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

www.news24.com

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

www.telegraph.co.uk

The bizarre concept of delivering a ventriloquist act, a visual humour, by radio, an audio medium, never seemed to bother anyone at the time, however.

en.wikipedia.org

He also wrote that all the fuss and bother are spent over one minor gag that wears awfully thin before the finish.

en.wikipedia.org

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

www.irishcentral.com

For three years, the values offered for their units were so derisory that they didn't even bother trading.

www.listener.co.nz