molestar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [mu.ləsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [mo.ləsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [mo.lesˈtaɾ]

Verb

molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestí, past participle molestat)

1. to bother, annoy
2. to disturb
3. to hurt

Related terms

• molèstia

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Galician

Verb

1. to bother, annoy
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of molestar
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of molestar

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowing from English molest, Spanish molestar, Italian molestare, German molestieren and French molester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo.lesˈtar/, /mo.leˈstar/

Verb

molestar (present tense molestas, past tense molestis, future tense molestos, imperative molestez, conditional molestus)

1. (transitive) to molest, to harass, to mistreat

Conjugation

    Conjugation of molestar

		present		past		future
infinitive		molestar		molestir		molestor
tense		molestas		molestis		molestos
conditional		molestus
imperative		molestez
adjective active participle		molestanta		molestinta		molestonta
adverbial active participle		molestante		molestinte		molestonte
nominal active participle	singular	molestanto		molestinto		molestonto
	plural	molestanti		molestinti		molestonti
adjective passive participle		molestata		molestita		molestota
adverbial passive participle		molestate		molestite		molestote
nominal passive participle	singular	molestato		molestito		molestoto
	plural	molestati		molestiti		molestoti

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Portuguese

Verb

1. to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to harass

   Synonym: incomodar

2. to molest (to abuse sexually)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /molesˈtaɾ/ [mo.lesˈt̪aɾ]

Verb

1. to bother, to disturb, to trouble, to impose, to inconvenience, to burden

   Synonyms: fastidiar, fregar, joder, jorobar

2. to annoy, to tease, to pester, to bug, to hassle
3. to upset, to discomfort
4. to mind (uses indirect object)
5. (intransitive) to intrude
6. (reflexive) to get upset

Usage notes

• molestar is a false friend and does not have the sexual connotation of English "to molest". The phrase for that in Spanish could be abusar sexualmente depending on context.

Related terms

• molestia f
• molesto
• molestoso

 

See also

• agobiar