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Meaning of marrar | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
maˈraɾ

Definitions

  1. to lack
    transitive
  2. to miss, fail
    intransitive
  3. Equivalent to 'Lack': A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want, dearth.

Equivalents

English Fail Lack
Kurdî fail laçk

Examples

“ben dicen alí que cando un home ten un bocado, nunca lle marran amigos. Dou ó Demo a casta deles Si non sirven para máis.”

wisely they say that a man which has food never is short of friends. I send to hell their kind if they are good for nothing else

“Decote acarón da casa, Vemos cousas á ó revés; E non marran enxangadas Que nos fan doer as siés.”

Daily by our house We see thing upside down And there's no lack of jams that make our temples hurt

“meteu mão a espada, e en coydandoo de matar, marroo e doulle ẽno cavalo”

He draw the sword, and while trying to kill him, he missed and hit the horse

“do dia que a dar feita e posta ena ágoa, que seja vista ata triinta dias primeiros sigentes por los ditos ofiçiáas se algua cousa en ela marra”

from the day [the ship] is finished and launched into the water, it should be verified by the aforementioned officials for as much as the thirty following days to see if something fails

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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