Pota Focal Intergaelic
Gluais TíHouse Glossary Gluais Beo!Beo! Glossary TeasárasThesaurus BriathraVerbs
bruscar bua buachaill buaic buaicphointe buaigh buail buair buairt buaiteoir buama buan buartha buatais búcla buí buicéad buidéal buile builín
buail
VERB
hit
strike
bhuail
he hit me
buail an liathróid!
hit the ball!
buaileann [tinneas] [duine]
[somebody] gets ill
[somebody] falls ill
bhuail taom croí é
he got a heart attack
buail
VERB
meet
buaileann [A] le [B]
[A] meets [B]
ar mhaith leat bualadh le chéile amárach?
would you like to meet tomorrow?
is breá liom bualadh le daoine
I like meeting people
bhuail muid le chéile i bPáras
we met each other in Paris
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
buail
VERB
PAST TENSE
bhuail
PRESENT TENSE
buaileann
FUTURE TENSE
buailfidh
VERBAL NOUN
bualadh
VERBAL ADJECTIVE
buailte
Iontrálacha gaolmhara
Related entries
buail isteach
call in
come round
drop in
an féidir liom bualadh isteach chugat tráthnóna?
can I can drop in to you in the afternoon?
STAITISTICÍ · STATISTICS
Is é buail an 179ú focal is minice úsáid sa Ghaeilge. Tagann sé chun cinn uair amháin i ngach 2,171 focal.
Buail is the 179th most frequently used word in Irish. It occurs once in every 2,171 words.
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
buailfidh leat ag an aerfort
i'll meet you at the airport
bhuail leo, áfach, cuimhin liom é
if I met them, though, I don't remember it
bhuail leis agus i nGaillimh
I met him while I was in Galway
bhuail an smaoineamh ar éirí ar maidin dom
I got the idea when getting up in the morning
ballbhrú orm anseo. Sin an áit ar bhuail mo lámh ar dhoras an chairr.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
I have a bruise here. That is the place where I hit my hand on the car door.
Beidh ag bualadh le roinnt cairde.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
I'll be meeting some friends.
Cén t-am a bhuailfidh leat?
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
When will I meet you?
buailfidh leat sa chaifé
I'll meet you in the café
bhuail leis an Taoiseach, agus bhuail leis an Uachtarán chomh maith
I met the Prime Minister, and I met the President as well
bhuail léi ar an tsráid
I met her in the street
bhuail a éide uime agus d'imigh
he threw on his uniform and left
bhuail siad umam ar an bhóthar
they ran into me on the road
Bhuail an smaoineamh ar éirí ar maidin dom.
I got the idea while getting up in the morning.
Bhí an-aisteach bualadh le m'athair don chéad uair.
It was very strange meeting my father for the first time.
Deas bualadh leat.
Nice to meet you.
Cén áit a mbuailfidh leat?
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
Where will I meet you?
Cén áit a mbuailfimid le chéile?
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
Where will we meet?
go deas bualadh leat, a Eoin.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
It's nice to meet you, Eoin.
go deas bualadh leatsa freisin.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
It's nice to meet you as well.
go deas bualadh leat, a Nóra.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
It's nice to meet you, Nóra.
go deas bualadh leat.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
It's nice to meet you.
Bhuail eagla í.
She was seized by fear.
Buaileadh an píolóta sa chloigeann ach thuirling an t-eitleán slán sábhailte.
The pilot was hit in the head but the airplane landed safely.
Thosaigh an slua ag liú agus ag bualadh bos.
Alex Hijmans: Aiséirí, Cois Life 2011
The crowd started yelling and clapping.
Caithfidh gur bhuail leo uair dhó, ó d'ith muid sna bialanna céanna.
'Beo!', beo.ie
I must have met them once or twice because we ate in the same restaurants.
Níor bhuail le duine ba shleamhaine riamh.
'Beo!', beo.ie
I never met a more slippery person.
Ba ghnách leo bualadh le chéile i mbialanna agus málaí a mhalartú a raibh an chuma chéanna orthu.
'Beo!', beo.ie
They would meet in restaurants and exchange bags that looked the same.
Tar éis dóibh filleadh abhaile, bhuail an Príomh-Aire leo.
'Beo!', beo.ie
After they returned home, the Prime Minister met them.
Buaileadh í roinnt uaireanta agus chuathas i muinín an fhornirt chun a cuid gruaige a bhearradh.
'Beo!', beo.ie
She was hit several times and violence was resorted to to cut her hair.
Thosaigh tuairiscí ag teacht as Washington gur buaileadh an Pentagon.
'Beo!', beo.ie
Reports started coming from Washington that the Pentagon had been hit.
Bhuail a mbéal fúthu i lár an urláir iad.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
He put them upside down in the middle of the floor.