bother

Etymology
, . Origin. Perhaps related to 🇨🇬, also of unknown origin. Compare 🇨🇬, variant of. More at. Perhaps related to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
 * 2)  To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern.
 * 3)  To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
 * 4) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
 * 1)  To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
 * 2) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
 * 1)  To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
 * 2) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
 * 1)  To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something).
 * 2) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
 * 1) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
 * 1) To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.

Usage notes

 * In sense 3 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive or the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations

 * Afrikaans: pla, steur
 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: أزْعَجَ
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: narahat etmək
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:, disturbar, perturbar
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏕᏯᏙᏗᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Dungan: мафан
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, malordigi, perturbi
 * Estonian: tüütama, tülitama
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:, , ,
 * Galician:, , , gravecer
 * Georgian: გაღიზიანება
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐνοχλῶ, ὀχλέω, σκύλλω
 * Haitian Creole: deranje
 * Hebrew: הפריע
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: ergja, angra
 * Ingrian: kiusata, rangata
 * Irish: cuir isteach ar
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Ladin: dé mpaz, sciaché
 * Latvian: traucēt
 * Macedonian: пре́чи, возне́мири, вознеми́рува, до́саѓа
 * Maori: whakapōnānā, whakararuraru, whakahōhā
 * Norwegian:, , ,
 * Oromo: rakkisuu
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: बाधति
 * Scottish Gaelic: sàraich, buair, cuir dragh air
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovene: nadlegováti
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Thai:, , กวนใจ
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: турбува́ти
 * Uzbek: bezovta qilmoq
 * Venetian: dar fastidio, ronper
 * Vietnamese:


 * Russian: ,
 * Ukrainian: турбува́тися


 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: كلف
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: moeite doen
 * Estonian:, vaeva nägema
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * Hebrew:, הטריח את עצמו
 * Hungarian: veszi a fáradságot
 * Italian:, prendersi la briga,
 * Malay:
 * Maori: whakatōwenewene
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: dar-se ao trabalho
 * Thai:
 * Venetian: preocuparse


 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: veszi a fáradságot
 * Italian:, , prendersi la briga, degnarsi
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: dar-se ao trabalho
 * Russian: утруждать себя
 * Swedish: ,
 * Welsh:, ymdrafferthu

Noun

 * 1) Fuss, ado.
 * There was a bit of bother at the hairdresser's when they couldn't find my appointment in the book.
 * 1) Trouble, inconvenience.
 * Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.
 * 1) Trouble, inconvenience.
 * Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.
 * Yes, I can do that for you - it's no bother.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Bashkir: мәшәҡәт
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: mas
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Irish: stró
 * Italian:, ,
 * Kabuverdianu: ingisu
 * Macedonian: гри́жи, беспо́којство
 * Norwegian: kluss,, mas
 * Romanian: ,
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Ukrainian: хвилюва́тися, турбува́тися


 * Afrikaans: moeite
 * Albanian:
 * Bashkir: мәшәҡәт
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ĝenaĵo
 * Estonian: tülin, nuhtlus
 * Finnish: ,
 * Georgian: შეწუხება, მობეზრება, თავის მოწყენა
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , , , , ,
 * Icelandic:, ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kabuverdianu: ingisu
 * Macedonian: неприја́тности
 * Plautdietsch: Onjenieech, Ploag
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Santali: ᱚᱡᱚᱨ
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: турбо́ти

Interjection

 * 1) * 1926, A A Milne, Winnie the Pooh, Methuen & Co., Ltd., Chapter 2 ...in which Pooh goes visiting and gets into a tight place:
 * "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!"
 * "Oh, bother!" said Pooh. "I shall have to go on."
 * "I can't do either!" said Pooh. "Oh, help and bother!"

Synonyms

 * botheration,, (US), darn, drat, phooey, fiddlesticks

Translations

 * Arabic: يَزْعَجْ, يُضَايِقْ
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: voi sentään!
 * French: !,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:, az ördögbe, a csudába,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Spanish:, ,