molestar
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin molestāre, from molestus (“troublesome”).
Pronunciation
Verb
molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestí, past participle molestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
Conjugation
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Galician
Verb
molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestei, past participle molestado)
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowing from English molest, Spanish molestar, Italian molestare, German molestieren and French molester.
Pronunciation
Verb
molestar (present tense molestas, past tense molestis, future tense molestos, imperative molestez, conditional molestus)
- (transitive) to molest, to harass, to mistreat
Conjugation
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present | past | future | ||||
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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 |
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin molestāre, from molestus (“troublesome”).
Pronunciation
Verb
molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestei, past participle molestado)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin molestāre, from molestus (“troublesome”).
Pronunciation
Verb
molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molesté, past participle molestado)
- to bother, to disturb, to trouble, to impose, to inconvenience, to burden
- to annoy, to tease, to pester, to bug, to hassle
- to upset, to discomfort
- to mind (uses indirect object)
- (intransitive) to intrude
- (reflexive) to get upset
- (reflexive) to bother (to, en)
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.
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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See also
Further reading
- “molestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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