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to dae

to dae

9.9
To do something in Scottish English
  • verb
  • UK
translation icon : hacer
  • They wanted to dae something special for the festival this year.

It ain't because of the workout I did last month Tuesday.

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Examples

  • In the village, we often dae traditional crafts as part of our heritage.

  • And so I was thinking, well, what if we did a different sort of song?

  • So then you obviously you get to social media, you start doing it.

  • I want to thank all of you, those of you that are doing it the right way.

  • So P and I did a little simple calculation.

  • So I also did a bunch of Lowe's commercials.

  • He decided to dae a dance to celebrate the occasion.

Antonyms

256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

66 3.4

Leave out something, for example a name, on purpose or by accident

Surface Forms

dae infinitive
doing present participle
daes third person singular
did past
done past participle

Etymology

Dae is a Scots verb that comes from the same old English root as the everyday word do, which means 'to do' or 'make'. So when someone in Scotland says dae, they simply mean to perform an action or 'do' something.