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갚다

pay back; replay

Verb

  1. 1

    pay back; replay

    To return what one borrows.

    Korean definition: 빌린 것을 도로 돌려주다.

    • After paying back the overdue rent, there wasn't a penny left of my salary.

    • I'm paying back the money I borrowed from the bank, principal and interest, every month.

  2. 2

    pay back; repay; return

    To give back what one benefit from others.

    Korean definition: 남에게 도움을 받은 만큼 되돌려 주다.

    • Seunggyu has the kind of nature that he always repays a favor, whatever it takes.

    • I'm doing my best to be a dutiful child to repay my parents for raising me all this time.

  3. 3

    revenge; avenge

    To pay back in kind.

    Korean definition: 남에게 해를 입은 것과 비슷한 행위를 하여 되돌려 주다.

    • I ran toward success to avenge the humiliation of being ignored by people all this time.

    • The movie I saw today was about the hero avenging himself on the villain who killed his parents.