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The Korean word for to look is
보다





to look



Translations for to look and their definitions

보다
     1. v. to see, to look at, to watch (to perceive with the eyes)
           영화-를 보다 - to watch a film
            
           그들-은 여러가지 화초-를 보고 있다. - They are looking at various plants.
            
     2. v. to look after (a baby, child, house, etc.)
           아이-를 보다 - to look after a child
            
     3. v. (of a food or product) to try, to examine (before the meal or purchase)
           미리 맛-을 보다 - to taste the food beforehand
     4. v. (auxiliary) to experience; (used very commonly with various verbs to indicate that one has had a concrete experience via the action of the main verb.)
           한국-에 가 본 적-이 있어-요? - Have you experienced going to Korea?
            
     5. v. (auxiliary) to try, to try out
           한번 생각해 볼게-요. - I'll try thinking about it.
            
           이거 좀 봐봐. - Try looking at this.
     6. v. (auxiliary) (Used to denote that the experience of the main verb has led to a certain conclusion or realization.)
           살다 보니 인생 별거 아니더라. - Now that I've lived for a while, life really isn't something special.
     7. v. to consider, to regard
           그-는 공산주의-을 좋게 본다. - He has a favorable attitude towards Communism.
     8. v. to read (not out loud)
           보는 신문 - the newspaper one is subscribed to
     9. v. to meet (for a prearranged purpose)
           우리 며칠-에 볼까? - Which day should we meet up on?
     10. v. (of an examination) to take
           시험-을 잘 보면 좋겠습니다. - It would be good if I take the test well.
            
     11. v. (of divination or fortune-telling) to consult
           용한 만신-을 찾아가서 점-을 보다 - to seek out a powerful priestess and consult her divination
     12. v. to be in charge of
     13. v. (of profits or losses) to make
           이윤도 못 볼 판-에 장사할 이유-는 없다. - There is no reason to do business when you will even not be able to make a gain.
     14. v. (euphemistic) to relieve oneself
           소변-을 보다 - to urinate
     15. v. (of a child, grandchild, child-in-law) to get
           드디어 아들-을 보다 - He got a son at last.
     16. adj. (tlb, defective, auxiliary)
     17. adj. (anchor, 나보다) after the interrogatives -은가, -는가, -나 to seem (only in the present declarative conjugations)
           겨울도 끝나가나 봐. - It looks like winter is coming to an end too.
     18. adj. (after the interrogative 을까) to intend to; (generally used to make a threat that one does not really intend on carrying out) (only in the present declarative conjugations)
           너가 계속 이러면 확 죽어버릴까 보다. - If you keep being like this, I'm going to kill myself.
     19. adj. (after the interrogative -을까) to be out of the fear that (only in the conjugations 봐) and m; the latter is rare
           더울까봐 나시-를 입었어. - I wore a sleeveless shirt because I was worried it might be hot.
     20. adj. (after -다, -고) to be given that (only in the conjugation 보니)
     21. adv. relatively, more
           보다 높게 - more higher; relatively higher
           보다 열심히 - more enthusiastically
             (audio, Ko-보다 열심히.ogg)


보이다
     1. v. to be seen
     2. v. to show, to cause to see
           《지구물리학 연구 잡지》의 올해 보고서-는 빙하-의 크기-가 60퍼센트 감소하였음-을 보여 주었다. - 60/육십
             2018, (The original sentence in English)
     3. v. to be visible
     4. v. to seem, to look (like), to appear
           이 피자 맛있어 보여요. - This pizza looks delicious.



향하다
     1. v. to face; to make for, to go towards


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