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hurt

 
 
/hɜːt/ verb (past tense and past participle hurt)

Translation

CAUSE PAIN [T] to cause someone pain or to injure them
yaralamak, incitmek
Simon hurt his knee playing football. [often reflexive] She hurt herself when she slipped on an icy step.581
BE PAINFUL [I] If a part of your body hurts, it is painful.
acımak, ağrımak
My eyes really hurt. Where does it hurt ? [+ to do sth] It hurts to walk on it.581
UPSET [I, T] to cause emotional pain to someone
canını yakmak/acıtmak, incitmek, kırmak, üzmek, kalbini kırmak
Her comments about my work really hurt.985
AFFECT [T] to have a harmful effect on something
zarar ziyan vermek, zararı dokunmak
His chances of re-election were hurt by allegations of corruption.1973
it won't/wouldn't hurt (sb) to do sth informal used to say that someone should do something
fena olmaz
It wouldn't hurt to get there a bit earlier than usual. → See also wouldn't hurt a fly1161
(Definition of hurt verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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