Pota Focal Intergaelic
Gluais TíHouse Glossary Gluais Beo!Beo! Glossary TeasárasThesaurus BriathraVerbs
cuntasóireacht cúntóir cuóta cupa cupán cupard cúpla cúplach cúpón cúr curaclam curadh cúram cúramach curfá curiarracht cúrsa cúrsaí cúrsáil cúrsóir cuspóir
cúpla
MASCULINE NOUN
couple
small amount
cúpla bliain
a couple of years
cúpla rud
a couple of things
cúpla duine
a couple of people
cúpla
MASCULINE NOUN
twins
is cúpla muid
we are twins
cúpla comhionann
identical twins
Foirmeacha gramadaí
Grammatical forms
cúpla
MASCULINE NOUN
GENITIVE SINGULAR
cúpla
NOMINATVE PLURAL
cúplaí
GENITIVE PLURAL
cúplaí
Samplaí gaolmhara
Related examples
bhí sa bheár le cúpla cara agus bhí an chraic go hiontach
I was in the bar with a few friends and it was great fun
is beag baile i Meiriceá atá níos sine cúpla céad bliain
there are very few towns in America that are older than a few hundred years
ollmhargadh agus cúpla monarcha in Indreabhán, ach baile fós é.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
There's a supermarket and a couple of factories in Indreabhán, but it isn't [what you would call] a town yet.
cúpla ciliméadar ón tsráidbhaile.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
It is a few kilometers from the village.
níl ach cúpla nóiméad fágtha
there only a couple of minutes left
an mbeidh fós thart go ceann cúpla nóiméad eile?
will you still be around for another few minutes?
chuaigh thart ar an teach cúpla uair
I went around the house several times
cúpla ciliméadar ón mBóthar Buí.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
It is a few kilometers from An Bóthar Buí.
Chonaic í anseo cúpla uair le do mhac Dara.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
I saw her here a couple of times with your son Dara.
Cónaím cúpla ciliméadar soir an bóthar.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
I live a couple kilometers up (eastwards) the road.
Chas le cúpla seanchara as Baile na hAbhann nuair a bhí thall.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
I met a couple of old friends from Baile na hAbhann while I was over there.
raibh saoire ar bith agam le cúpla bliain.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
I have not had a holiday for a few years.
Ar chas le cúpla seanchara?
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
Did you meet with a few old friends?
Bhí fíordheas cúpla seachtain a chaitheamh anseo, ach beidh sásta a bheith ar ais sa mbaile mar sin féin.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
It was really nice to spend a few weeks here, but I will be happy to be back home all the same.
cúpla teach tábhairne ann, agus bíonn seisiúin cheoil ar siúl ag an deireadh seachtaine.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
There are a couple of pubs there, and there are often music sessions on at the weekend.
a bhean ag súil le páiste i gceann cúpla .
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
His wife is expecting a child in a couple of months.
Agus sin iad Seán agus Tomás - cúpla iadsan.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
And those are Seán and Tomás - they're twins.
Anois, ba mhaith liom cúpla ceist eile a chur ort faoi chaitheamh aimsire.
Éamonn Ó Dónaill: Turas Teanga, RTÉ/Gill & Macmillan, 2004
Now, I'd like to ask you a couple more questions about pastimes.
i mo chónaí cúpla míle ó Ghaillimh.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
I live a few miles from Galway.
áiseanna maithe ann: ionad siopadóireachta, cúpla teach tábhairne, bialann álainn, óstán agus linn snámha.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
There are good facilities there: a shopping centre, a few pubs, a lovely restaurant, an hotel and a swimming pool.
Níl ach cúpla míle ó Ghaillimh.
'Gaeilge gan Stró!', Beginners Level, ranganna.com
It's only a few miles from Galway.
Níl siad ina gcónaí ach cúpla míle uaimse.
'Beo!', beo.ie
They only live a couple of miles away from me.
Is cosúil go raibh na hionsaithe seo á mbeartú ag saighdiúirí Osama Bin Laden le cúpla bliain.
'Beo!', beo.ie
The attacks were apparently being planned by Osama Bin Laden's soldiers for several years.
Ghortaigh mo mhuineál cúpla ó shin.
Colloquial Irish: The Complete Course for Beginners, Routledge, 2008
I hurt my neck a few months ago.
Bhí ag machnamh ar seo cúpla níos déanaí.
'Beo!', beo.ie
I was thinking about this recently.
raibh a bhean marbh ach cupla go rabhathas á i modh rúin go raibh ag smaoineamh ar cheann eile a tharraingt air.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
His wife was only dead for a couple of days when people started saying in secret that he was thinking of helping himself to a new one.
Bhí an baile mór chupla céad míle dóibh.
Séamus Ó Grianna: Caisleáin Óir, eag. Niall Ó Dónaill, Cló Mercier, 1976
The city was a couple hundred miles away.