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1 acosar
v.1 to pursue relentlessly.2 to harass.3 to besiege, to irritate, to nag, to accost.El policía persigue a Ricardo The policeman persecutes=harasses Richard.* * *1 to pursue, chase\acosar a preguntas to bombard with questions* * *verbto harass, hound* * *VT1) (=atosigar) to hound, harassser acosado sexualmente — to suffer (from) sexual harassment, be sexually harassed
2) (=perseguir) to pursue relentlessly; [+ animal] to urge on* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.Ex. For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex. I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex. The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex. The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex. Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex. Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex. This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex. Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex. He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex. So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex. The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.----* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona> to houndme acosaron con preguntas — they plagued o bombarded me with questions
b) < presa> to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *= plague, press upon, bait, besiege, harass, bully, dog, persecute, hound, nag (at), pelt, pressurise [pressurize, -USA], importune, pester, nobble, stalk, bedevil, bear down on, harry.Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.
Ex: For example, the latter are unlikely to engage themselves in conservation issues as these now press upon the professional consciousness of librarians.Ex: I guess Ms Lipow should be admired for coming into the lion's den and baiting it, but I find some of her arguments facile and superficial.Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.Ex: The director returned to his paperwork, nothing in his heart but hot shame at having permitted himself to be bullied into submission by this disagreeable public official.Ex: The title of the article is 'Sweeping away the problems that dog the industry?'.Ex: Why does the ALA ignore, deny or cover up the actions of the only government in the world which persecutes people for the alleged crime of opening uncensored libraries?.Ex: Jefferson, like Clinton, was hounded by reports of adultery and cowardice in wartime.Ex: This a book that I had admired but that had nagged at me for years.Ex: Every day, Internet users are pelted with spam, hoaxes, urban legends, and scams - in other words, untrustworthy data.Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.Ex: He was a shiftless, good-for-nothing man and his shrewish wife was constantly importuning him.Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.Ex: So Hutchins arranges her drawings in such a way that as your eye travels leftwards across the page you see the fox who is stalking the hen and trying to catch her.Ex: The article has the title 'Piracy, crooked printers, inflation bedevil Russian publishing'.Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.* acosar a Alguien con preguntas = pepper + Nombre + with questions.* problema + acosar = problem + dog.* * *acosar [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona› to houndlo acosan sus acreedores his creditors are hounding him o are after himun compañero que la acosaba sexualmente a colleague who was sexually harassing herse ven acosados por el hambre y las enfermedades they are beset by hunger and diseaseme acosaron con preguntas sobre su paradero they plagued o bombarded me with questions regarding his whereabouts2 ‹presa› to hound, pursue relentlessly* * *
acosar ( conjugate acosar) verbo transitivo
( sexualmente) to harass;◊ me acosaron con preguntas they plagued o bombarded me with questions
acosar verbo transitivo
1 to harass
2 fig (asediar) to pester: la oposición acosó al Presidente del Gobierno con sus preguntas, the opposition pestered the Prime Minister with questions
' acosar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
arrinconar
- asediar
- hostigar
English:
assault
- beset
- harass
- hound
- mob
- molest
- persecute
- plague
- ply
- stalk
- bait
- goad
- harry
- worry
* * *1. [perseguir] to pursue relentlessly2. [hostigar] to harass;fue acosada sexualmente en el trabajo she was sexually harassed at work* * *v/t hound, pursue;me acosaron a preguntas they bombarded me with questions* * *acosar vtperseguir: to pursue, to hound, to harass -
2 acosar
ako'sarvverbo transitivo1. [importunar] bedrängen2. [perseguir] verfolgenacosaracosar [ako'sar]num1num (perseguir) hetzen -
3 acosar
vt2) a uno a; hacia un sitio загоня́ть кого куда3) перен пресле́довать, трави́ть когоacosar a preguntas a uno — засыпа́ть кого вопро́сами
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4 acosar
v. acosar -
5 acosar
vt1) преследовать; гоняться ( за кем-либо); гнаться по пятам ( за кем-либо)4) преследовать, подвергать гонениям (травле) -
6 acosar
1) причинять беспокойство (телефонными звонками и т.п.);2) приставать, преследовать, настойчиво ухаживать, докучать, домогаться* * *1) потревожить2) преследовать, подвергнуть преследованию3) домогаться -
7 acosar
гл.1) общ. (изводить нападками) травить (преследовать), (преследовать зверя) гонять (движение неопред.-напр.-ср. опред.-напр. гнать), гнать без передышки, досаждать, не давать прохода, не давать проходу, гнать (лошадь), гоняться (движение неопред.-напр.-ср. опред.-напр. гнаться) (на охоте), преследовать (неотступно), теснить (неприятеля), надоедать, погонять2) разг. прижать3) перен. (подвергнуть преследованиям) затравить, подвергать гонениям4) юр. домогаться, подвергнуть преследованию, потревожить5) охот. загнать, загонять -
8 acosar
• accost• bedevil• beleaguer• beset• besiege• harakiri• harass with requests• irritate• perron• persecuting• pest• pester with questions• vex -
9 acosar
• honit• otravovat• pobídnout• pronásledovat• sekýrovat• stíhat• sužovat• trápit• uhánět• šikanovat• štvát* * *• nenechat na pokoji• pohnat do klusu -
10 acosar (ạ u.p.)
• dotírat (na koho) -
11 ACOSAR
v:Áalkab paach. -
12 acosar
tr 1) преследвам, преследвам неотстъпно; 2) пришпорвам (кон); 3) прен. постоянно преследвам ( някого), досаждам. -
13 acosar
vt1) преследовать; гоняться ( за кем-либо); гнаться по пятам ( за кем-либо)4) преследовать, подвергать гонениям (травле) -
14 acosar
acaçar, empaitar, encalçar -
15 acosar a alguien a preguntas
acosar a alguien a preguntasjemanden mit Fragen bombardieren -
16 acosar a preguntas
to bombard with questions -
17 acosar a Alguien con preguntas
(v.) = pepper + Nombre + with questionsEx. She spent long hours in a cramped conference room, her fractured ankle propped on a trash can, as lawyers took turns peppering her with questions.* * *(v.) = pepper + Nombre + with questionsEx: She spent long hours in a cramped conference room, her fractured ankle propped on a trash can, as lawyers took turns peppering her with questions.
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18 acosar a alguien
гл.перен. (perseguir) охотиться за -
19 acosar a peticiones
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20 acosar con
• ply with
См. также в других словарях:
acosar — Se conjuga como: amar Infinitivo: Gerundio: Participio: acosar acosando acosado Indicativo presente imperfecto pretérito futuro condicional yo tú él, ella, Ud. nosotros vosotros ellos, ellas, Uds. acoso acosas acosa acosamos acosáis acosan… … Wordreference Spanish Conjugations Dictionary
acosar — verbo transitivo 1. Perseguir (una persona o un animal) [a una persona o un animal] sin descanso: Los defensas acosan continuamente a nuestra estrella, que no está haciendo un buen partido. Los lobos acosan a su presa hasta que la rodean y la… … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
acosar — (Del ant. cosso, carrera). 1. tr. Perseguir, sin darle tregua ni reposo, a un animal o a una persona. 2. Hacer correr al caballo. 3. Perseguir, apremiar, importunar a alguien con molestias o requerimientos … Diccionario de la lengua española
acosar — (Del lat. cosso, carrera, curso < cursus, us, derivado de currere, correr.) ► verbo transitivo 1 Perseguir a una persona o un animal sin tregua: ■ la policía acosó al fugitivo hasta dar con él. 2 Hacer peticiones o preguntas molestas a una… … Enciclopedia Universal
acosar — {{#}}{{LM A00566}}{{〓}} {{ConjA00566}}{{\}}CONJUGACIÓN{{/}}{{SynA00578}} {{[}}acosar{{]}} ‹a·co·sar› {{《}}▍ v.{{》}} {{<}}1{{>}} Perseguir sin dar tregua o descanso: • El león acosó a su presa hasta derribarla.{{○}} {{<}}2{{>}} Importunar o… … Diccionario de uso del español actual con sinónimos y antónimos
acosar — (v) (Intermedio) seguir a una persona o animal con objetivo de detenerlo o hacerle daño Ejemplos: Los policías acosaban al sospechoso durante tres días y al final lo capturaron. Cazadores acosan a un león que ha escapado del zoo. Colocaciones:… … Español Extremo Basic and Intermediate
acosar — v tr (Se conjuga como amar) 1 Perseguir a un animal o a una persona sin darle descanso o tregua con el fin de atraparlo o cazarlo: Acosó a su presa hasta acorralarla 2 Persistir alguna cosa o insistir en algo que molesta, duele o daña a alguna… … Español en México
acosar — transitivo 1) perseguir, estrechar, acosijar (México), atosigar, agobiar. 2) importunar, molestar, asediar, hostigar, no dejar ni a sol ni a sombra, hostilizar. * * * … Diccionario de sinónimos y antónimos
acosar — tr. Perseguir sin descanso … Diccionario Castellano
acular — acosar … Diccionario de Guanacastequismos
echar los perros a alguien — Acosar, reñir o enfrentarse a una persona. . Procede la locución de la antigua costumbre de echar perros a los toros bravos, para cansarlos y poder sujetarlos, para conducirlos a algún lugar o simplemente como uno de los apartados que… … Diccionario de dichos y refranes