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Borrowed from Latin molestāre, from molestus (troublesome).

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molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestí, past participle molestat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to bother, annoy
    Synonym: empipar
  2. to disturb
  3. to hurt

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molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestei, past participle molestado)

  1. to bother, annoy

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

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

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

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

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Learned borrowing from Latin molestāre, from molestus (troublesome).

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molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestei, past participle molestado)

  1. to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to harass
    Synonym: incomodar
  2. to molest (to abuse sexually)

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Etymology edit

From Latin molestāre, from molestus (troublesome).

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  • IPA(key): /molesˈtaɾ/ [mo.lesˈt̪aɾ]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: mo‧les‧tar

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molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molesté, past participle molestado)

  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
  7. (reflexive) to bother (to, en)

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