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바르다

Pronunciation: [pa̠ɾɯda̠]

“바르다” is a Korean word. Its 16 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to hang paper; to stick paper, cloth or the like with adhesive to a surface
  2. to cover, plaster, cement; to attach to the surface of an object dirt, plaster or some other such substance
  3. to apply, spread, rub, put on; to rub water, paste, medicine, cosmetics, etc. onto a surface
  4. to peel, flay; to remove the skin, shell, or outer layer of something to get to what is inside
  5. to bone, debone; to remove the meat attached to the bone; to remove fishbones
  6. (…을) to overwhelm an opponent completely; to overpower or defeat an opponent

adjective

  1. to be hardened; to be solidified
  2. to become stiff
  3. to be straight, upright, erect; without bends or curvature
  4. to be right; to comply with the social norm in one's words or behavior
  5. to be right, correct, honest, frank; to be consistent with the facts
  6. right (direction)
  7. to be sunshiny; to be sunny or bright
  8. uncommon, insufficient; rarely encountered
  9. fast, takes a short amount of time to do something
  10. ahead of the baseline or comparison in a chronological order

Etymology

First attested as Middle Korean ᄇᆞᄅᆞ다〮 (pòlòtá) in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 6:10b, 1447. Compare dialectal forms 보리다 (borida), 볼라다 (bollada).

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