What does 걱정을 덜다 mean?
걱정을 덜다 (geok-jeong-eul deol-da) means: To reduce or relieve worry.
The plainest, most everyday version of this whole family of phrases — parents say it constantly ('건강하게만 자라주면 걱정을 덜겠다', if you just grow up healthy, that'll ease my worries). It's practical relief, not dramatic relief.
🎙️ 걱정을 덜다는 표기 그대로 읽지 않아요 — 실제로는 [걱쩡을 덜다]로 소리나요 (경음화). 발음 연습하기 →
How it's actually used
- 네가 그렇게 밥을 잘 먹으니 내 걱정을 훨씬 덜지.
ne-ga geu-reoh-ge bab-eul jal meog-eun-i nae-geog-jeong-eul hwol-ssin deol-ji.
Since you're eating so well now, you take a huge load of worry off my mind.
💡 The most everyday, common way to express relief regarding someone. - 이번 프로젝트를 무사히 끝내서 팀장님 걱정을 좀 덜어드렸어요.
i-beon peu-ro-jek-teu-reul mu-sa-hi kkeun-nae-seo tim-jang-nim geog-jeong-eul jom deol-eo-deur-eoss-eo-yo.
I finished this project safely, so I eased the team leader's worries a bit.
💡 Used when your action directly reduces someone else's anxiety. - 이번 프로젝트를 무사히 끝내서 드디어 큰 걱정을 덜었어.
ibeon projekteureul musahi kkeunnaeseo deudieo keun geokjeongeul deoreosseo.
I finally took a huge weight off my mind now that this project is safely finished.
💡 A natural, everyday way to express relief from anxiety.
Related words in Relief
다행이다 da-haeng-i-da안심하다 an-sim-ha-da마음이 놓이다 ma-eum-i no-i-da한시름 놓다 han-si-reum no-ta살았다 sa-rat-da