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TOPIK 5verb

겹치다

gyeopchida

겹쳐요 · 겹쳤어요 · 겹칠 거예요 · 겹치세요

to overlap; to coincide, clash (schedules); to pile up

Example

두 수업 시간이 겹쳐서 하나만 들을 수 있어요.

The two class times overlap, so I can only take one.

Word parts

From 겹 (layer, fold): things lying layer on layer.

Good to know

Also used for bad luck piling up: 불행이 겹치다 (misfortunes come one after another).