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TOPIK 2verb

고민하다

gominhada

고민해요 · 고민했어요 · 고민할 거예요 · 고민하지 마세요

to agonize over, to think hard about, to worry

Example

어떤 옷을 살지 한참 고민했어요.

I thought hard for a long time about which clothes to buy.

Word parts

고 bitter민 anguish

Literally 'to suffer bitter anguish', though Koreans use it lightly, even about lunch.