Korean Words with Many Meanings

받다

batda

Core image

To take in something coming toward you, whether given, falling, or arriving.

Sense	Example
to receive / get (a gift, item)	생일에 친구에게 선물을 받았다. saengire chin-guege seonmureul badatda. I got a gift from a friend on my birthday.
to answer / pick up (a phone, call)	그는 전화를 안 받는다. geuneun jeonhwareul an batneunda. He's not picking up the phone.
to catch / receive (a falling or thrown thing)	그릇으로 빗물을 받았다. geureuseuro bitmureul badatda. I caught the rainwater in a bowl.
to undergo / take (a class, treatment, stress)	요즘 스트레스를 많이 받는다. yojeum seuteureseureul mani batneunda. I've been under a lot of stress lately.
to butt / ram with the head or horns	염소가 머리로 울타리를 받았다. yeomsoga meorillo ultarireul badatda. The goat butted the fence with its head.

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