betray
gb/bɪtɹˈeɪ/ us/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
B1
انگریزی
~ 4700
elárul, árulkodik
فعل
B1
1
elárul
B1
استعمال کا انداز:
to betray [someone/something]
She betrayed her best friend by sharing his secret.
Elárulta a legjobb barátját azzal, hogy kiadta a titkát.
The spy betrayed his country for money.
A kém pénzért elárulta a hazáját.
I can't believe you would betray me after all we've been through.
He felt betrayed when she sided with his rival.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
He betrayed his friend to the police.
Elárulta a barátját a rendőrségnek.
She betrayed me when she told my secret.
Elárult, amikor elmondta a titkomat.
The soldier betrayed his country.
I will never betray you.
عام غلطی:
Learners sometimes confuse 'betray' with 'deceive'. 'Betray' usually involves breaking trust, while 'deceive' means to make someone believe something untrue.
معنی
Be disloyal to someone
لفظی تراکیب
betray a friend
|betray a trust
|betray one's country
|betray a confidence
ہم معنی الفاظ
deceive (Implies misleading someone, but not always involving disloyalty to a trust.)
|
double-cross (Informal; stresses cheating someone after pretending to be loyal.)
متضاد الفاظ
support (Means to help or stand by someone, the opposite of acting against them.)
|
stand by (Means to remain loyal to someone in difficulty.)
موضوعات
relationships
|emotions
|conflict
|law
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
To hurt someone who trusts you by not being loyal or by helping their enemy.
To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, often by giving information to an enemy or acting against their interests.
فعل
B2
2
استعمال کا انداز:
to betray [emotion/feature]
Her trembling hands betrayed her fear.
Remegő keze elárulta a félelmét.
His voice betrayed his nervousness during the interview.
Az interjú alatt a hangja elárulta, hogy ideges.
The look on his face betrayed his disappointment.
سیکھنے والوں کے لیے مثالیں
Her eyes betrayed her sadness.
A szeme elárulta, hogy szomorú.
His smile betrayed his true feelings.
A mosolya elárulta a valódi érzéseit.
The shaking of his hands betrayed his fear.
عام غلطی:
Learners may think 'betray' here always means 'to be disloyal', but in this sense it means to accidentally show something hidden.
معنی
Reveal unintentionally
لفظی تراکیب
betray nervousness
|betray ignorance
|betray one's feelings
ہم معنی الفاظ
reveal (General term for making something known, intentionally or not.)
|
give away (Informal; implies exposing something secret or hidden.)
متضاد الفاظ
conceal (Means to hide something so it is not seen or known.)
موضوعات
communication
|emotions
|core_vocabulary
تعریف
To show a feeling or fact without meaning to.
To show or reveal something, such as a feeling or fact, without intending to.
گرامر
لغت میں درج شکل
betray
IPA
GB/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
US/bɪtɹˈeɪ/
ہجا بندی اور زور
be - tray (2 ہجے)
Stress on 2nd syllable (tray)
لفظ کی شکلیں
Verb
- Base: betray
- 3rd Person Singular: betrays
- Present Participle: betraying
- Past: betrayed
متعلقہ الفاظ
Forms
betrays
verb
betraying
verb
betrayed
verb
Core family
betrayal
noun B2
Related words
betrayer
noun
عبارات
betray a confidence
1/bɪtɹˈeɪ ə kˈɑnfədəns/
fixed phrase
Reveal private information
To tell someone a secret that was told to you in private.
مثالیں
- She betrayed a confidence by telling the press about their conversation.
- I would never betray a confidence, no matter what.
betray someone's trust
1/bɪtɹˈeɪ sˈʌmwˌʌnz tɹˈʌst/
fixed phrase
Break someone's confidence
To do something that makes someone stop trusting you.
مثالیں
- He betrayed my trust when he lied about the money.
- You should never betray a child's trust.