bwrw'n ôl
Welsh
Verb
bwrw'n ôl (first-person singular present bwriaf yn ôl)
- to throw back, to repulse
- Synonyms: taflu'n ôl, gwrthdroi
- to reflect
- Synonym: adlewyrchu
- (idiomatic) to put off, to throw back, to defer
- Synonyms: gadael heibio, oedi
Quotations
- 1950-present, R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru [The Dictionary of the University of Wales][1], gohiriaf: gohirio, gohir, goïr, page 1444:
- Oedi hyd ryw amser neu adeg yn y dyfodol, bwrw'n ôl, gadael heibio am y tro, aros, tario, ymdroi, hwyhau
- To postpone until some time or point in the future, to put off, to let past for the time being, to wait, to tarry, to linger, to prolong
- 1950-present, R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru [The Dictionary of the University of Wales][2], gwrthdaflaf: gwrthdaflu, page 1717:
- Taflu (goleuni, gwres, &c.) yn ôl, bwrw'n ôl, adlewyrchu
- To throw (light, heat, &c.) back, to cast back, to reflect
- 1950-present, R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru [The Dictionary of the University of Wales][3], treiglaf, treigliaf: treiglo, treiglio, page 1718:
- bwrw'n ôl, gwrthdroi
- to throw back, to turn back