OXFORD 9000
📚 intj • entry_id 8729

bother

/ˈbɔðə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
caramba • joroba • rayos
A mild expression of annoyance.
"Oh, help!" said Pooh. "I'd better go back." "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on." "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother!"
[H]e suddenly flung down his brush on the floor, said "Bother!" and "Oh blow!" and also "Hang spring-cleaning!" and bolted out of the house without even waiting to put on his coat.
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📚 noun • entry_id 8728

bother

/ˈbɔðə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
alboroto • cargancia • escándalo • jaleo • quilombo • tumulto
Fuss, ado.
It was a 15-minute return trip to walk back home to pick up my device, but I weighed it up and decided that it wasn’t worth the bother.
There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
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📚 verb • entry_id 8727

bother

/ˈbɔðə(ɹ)/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
agobiar • brear • cargosear • fastidiar • importunar • incomodar • incordiar • joder • molestar
To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
molestarse en • tomarse la molestia de
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.
molestarse en • tomarse la molestia de
To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
You didn’t even bother to close the door.
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