molestar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin molestāre, from molestus (“troublesome”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestí, past participle molestat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
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Galician edit
Verb edit
molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestei, past participle molestado)
Conjugation edit
1Less recommended.
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from English molest, Spanish molestar, Italian molestare, German molestieren and French molester.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
molestar (present tense molestas, past tense molestis, future tense molestos, imperative molestez, conditional molestus)
- (transitive) to molest, to harass, to mistreat
Conjugation edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin molestāre, from molestus (“troublesome”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestei, past participle molestado)
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin molestāre, from molestus (“troublesome”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “molestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014