EXACT MATCHES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
choose, v.tr. 1 a Toghaim, déanaim rogha de. Pred.To choose s.o. (for a) king, duine a thoghadh ina rí. b He cannot choose but obey, níl a mhalairt le déanamh aige ach a bheith umhal. c To choose from, between, them, rogha a bhaint astu. To choose John in preference to James, Seán a ghlacadh, a thoghadh, de rogha ar Shéamas. There is nothing to choose between them, is mar a chéile iad. If I could pick and choose, dá bhfaighinn breith is dá rogha. 2 I do not choose to do so, ní mian liom é sin a dhéanamh. When I choose, nuair a thogrós mé.
PHRASES
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
It is difficult to choose between them, eatarthu atá sé.
You must choose between them, caithfidh tú rogha a bhaint astu, rogha a dhéanamh eatarthu.
To address a chosen few, labhairt le dream beag ar leith.
To choose s.o. for his ability, duine a thoghadh ar a éifeacht.
To choose a thing in a haphazard way, rud a thoghadh go neamhairdiúil.
To choose the lesser of two evils, rogha an dá dhíogha a thógáil.
She couldn't make up her mind what to choose, ní raibh a fhios aici cad é an rogha ab fhearr di.
To pick and choose, roghnachas a dhéanamh.
If I could pick and choose, dá mbeadh breith agus dá rogha agam.
To choose one's time, an fhaill a fhaireadh; fanacht le cóir.
Chosen vessel, soitheach m tofa.
Whomsoever they choose will have the right to . .., cibé duine a thoghfas siad, beidh de cheart aige ...
To choose wrongly, drochrogha a dhéanamh.