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1 pester
[ˈpestə] verbto annoy (someone) frequently or continually:يُزْعِج، يُضايِقShe pestered him to help her.
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2 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 -
3 harceler
harceler [ˈaʀsəle]➭ TABLE 5 transitive verba. [+ personne] (de critiques, d'attaques) to harass (de with ) ; (de questions, de réclamations) to plague (de with)b. [+ ennemi] to harry* * *’aʀsəle1) ( importuner) [démarcheur, mendiant, journaliste] to pester [personne] (de with; pour faire to do)2) ( poursuivre) to harass [ennemi]* * *'aʀsəle vt1) MILITAIRE, CHASSE to harry2) (= importuner) to harass* * *harceler verb table: geler vtr1 ( importuner) [démarcheur, mendiant, journaliste] to pester; harceler qn de questions to pester sb with questions; harceler qn pour obtenir qch to pester sb for sth; harcelé par les moustiques plagued by mosquitoes; les remords le harcèlent he's plagued by remorse;2 ( poursuivre) to harass [ennemi].[ʼarsəle] verbe transitifharceler quelqu'un de questions to plague ou to pester somebody with questionscesse de me harceler! stop pestering ou bothering me!harceler l'ennemi to harass ou to harry the enemy -
4 importunar
v.1 to bother, to pester.2 to be tiresome or a nuisance.3 to importune, to beset with solicitations over and over again, to tout.* * *1 (molestar) to pester; (uso formal) to importune* * *VT to bother, pester* * *1.verbo transitivo (frml) to inconvenience, disturb2.importunar viespero no importunar — I hope it's not inconvenient, I hope I'm not disturbing you
* * *= intrude, importune, pester.Ex. Although every assistance should be given to the user of the microfilm collection, attendants should be careful not to intrude.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.* * *1.verbo transitivo (frml) to inconvenience, disturb2.importunar viespero no importunar — I hope it's not inconvenient, I hope I'm not disturbing you
* * *= intrude, importune, pester.Ex: Although every assistance should be given to the user of the microfilm collection, attendants should be careful not to intrude.
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.* * *importunar [A1 ]vt( frml); to inconvenience, disturbquisiera hacerle unas preguntas, si no lo importuno I would like to ask you a few questions, if it's not inconvenient o if it's convenient■ importunarviespero no importunar I hope it's not inconvenient, I hope I'm not disturbing you* * *
importunar ( conjugate importunar) verbo transitivo (frml) to inconvenience, disturb
verbo intransitivo:
importunar verbo transitivo to importune, pester
' importunar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
atosigar
- molestar
English:
intrude
- molest
* * *♦ vtto bother, to pester;no me importunes con preguntas don't bother o pester me with questions♦ vito be tiresome o a nuisance* * *v/t bother* * *importunar vt: to bother, to inconvenienceimportunar vi: to be inconvenient -
5 freír
v.to fry, to cook in oil.* * *1 (guisar) to fry2 figurado to annoy, exasperate1 (comida) to fry2 (pasar mucho calor) to be roasting, be boiling hot\freír a preguntas to bombard with questions* * *verb* * *( pp frito)1. VT1) (Culin) to fry2) [sol] to burn, fry3) * (=molestar) to annoy; (=acosar) to harass; (=atormentar) to torment; (=aburrir) to bore4) * (=matar) to do in *2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (Coc) to fry2) (Esp fam) ( asediar)2.freírse v pron to fry* * *= fry.Ex. Even 1950-2000 is a fairly short time, considering that the first library catalog dates from a piece of clay fried in 3000 BC = Incluso 1950-2000 es un tiempo bastante corto, considerando que el primer catálogo de biblioteca data de un trozo de arcilla cocida del 3000 A.C.----* ¡a freír espárragos! = on your bike!.* freír al estilo chino = stir-fry.* freír en aceite abundante = deep-fry.* irse a freir espárragos = naff off.* mandar a freír espárragos = send + Nombre + packing.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) (Coc) to fry2) (Esp fam) ( asediar)2.freírse v pron to fry* * *= fry.Ex: Even 1950-2000 is a fairly short time, considering that the first library catalog dates from a piece of clay fried in 3000 BC = Incluso 1950-2000 es un tiempo bastante corto, considerando que el primer catálogo de biblioteca data de un trozo de arcilla cocida del 3000 A.C.
* ¡a freír espárragos! = on your bike!.* freír al estilo chino = stir-fry.* freír en aceite abundante = deep-fry.* irse a freir espárragos = naff off.* mandar a freír espárragos = send + Nombre + packing.* * *vtA ( Coc) to fryno sabe ni freír un huevo he can't cook to save his life, he doesn't even know how to boil an eggCme frieron los mosquitos the mosquitoes ate me alive■ freírseto frytarda algo más en freírse it takes a little longer to cook o frymiles de turistas friéndose al sol ( hum); thousands of tourists baking o frying o getting roasted in the sun ( hum)* * *
freír ( conjugate freír) verbo transitivo
to fry
freírse verbo pronominal
to fry
freír vtr, freírse verbo reflexivo
1 (en aceite) to fry
2 (acribillar) (con balas) to riddle somebody with bullets
(con preguntas) to bombard
' freír' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
espárrago
- freírse
- tocino
English:
deep-fry
- fry
- send
- deep
- stir
* * *♦ vt1. [alimento] to fry;[con mucho aceite] to deep fryme están friendo con tantas peticiones they've got me at my wit's end with all these requests* * *<part frito> v/t1 fry* * *freír {37} vt: to fry* * * -
6 осаждать
I несов. - осажда́ть, сов. - осади́ть; (вн.)1) ( подвергать осаде) lay siege [siːʤ] (to); besiege [-'siːʤ] (d), beset (d), beleaguer (d)осажда́ть кре́пость — lay siege to a fortress, besiege a fortress
2) разг. (тв.; докучать, добиваясь чего-л) pester (d with)осажда́ть кого́-л про́сьбами — pester / besiege / beleaguer / bombard smb with requests; (надоедать тж.) importune smb
II несов. - осажда́ть, сов. - осади́ть; (вн.) хим.осажда́ть вопро́сами — ply / pester (d) with questions
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7 мучить (кого-л.) вопросами
1) General subject: pester with questions2) Makarov: pester (smb.) with questionsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > мучить (кого-л.) вопросами
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8 мучить вопросами
1) General subject: (кого-л.) pester with questions2) Makarov: (кого-л.) pester (smb.) with questions -
9 мучить
(вн.)1) (причинять страдания, муки) torture (d), torment (d)его́ му́чит жа́жда [го́лод] — he is tormented by thirst [hunger]
его́ му́чит пода́гра — he is a martyr to gout
2) (не давать покоя, издеваться) torment (d), tease (d)ма́льчик му́чил мла́дшую сестру́ — the boy tormented his younger sister
переста́нь му́чить ко́шку! — stop teasing the cat!
3) (тв.; донимать чем-л) torment (d with), pester (d with)му́чить кого́-л вопро́сами — torment / pester smb with questions
4) ( утомлять) tire out (d), wear out (d); (разговорами и т.п.) bore (d), weary (d)5) (беспокоить - о мыслях, переживаниях) torment (d), worry (d), disturb (d)э́то му́чит мою́ со́весть — it lies heavy [it weighs] on my conscience
6) разг. (оставлять неудовлетворённым чьё-л желание, любопытство и т.п.) torture (d)не мучь меня́, скажи́ пра́вду — don't torture me, tell me the truth
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10 Л-20
ДО ЛАМПОЧКИ кому highly coll PrepP Invar subj-compl with быть0 ( subj: any noun, often это, все, все это)) the person or thing in question does not matter at all to s.o., does not interest s.o. in the leastX Y-y до лампочки = Y couldn't (could) care less about XY couldn't care a snap about X Y doesn't (couldn't) give a damn (a hoot, a fig) about X Y doesn't care at all (about X).(Алёна:)...Мы же обречены ждать, ждать... (Нюша:) Хотя бы ради стариков. (Алёна:) Да старикам до лампочки. Это ты у нас чувствительная ко всякой ерунде (Панова 1). (A.:)...We're doomed to wait and wait - (N.:) If only for the grandparents' sake. (A.:) They couldn't care less. It's you who worries about every little thing (1a).(Зилов:)...Ты прекрасно знаешь, откуда у меня эта копейка. Но ты идёшь со мной, потому что тебе всё до лампочки, и откуда взялась моя копейка, на это тебе тоже наплевать... (Вампилов 5). (Z.:)...You know full well where I got that kopeck. But you go with me because you don't give a damn and it's all one to you how I came by that kopeck... (5a)....Аркадий ничем никому не угрожал: ни малейшим вмешательством, ни расспросами, самым обычным и естественным интересом: «Ну, как вы тут живете? Как тут у вас ладится?» Это все Аркаше было до лампочки (Залыгин 1)... Arkady was no threat to anyone: he didn't interfere in the least, didn't pester anyone with questions, not even the most normal and natural questions: "How's life here then? How are you getting on?" He didn't care at all (1a). -
11 до лампочки
• ДО ЛАМПОЧКИ кому highly coll[PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with быть (subj: any noun, often это, все, все это)]=====⇒ the person or thing in question does not matter at all to s.o., does not interest s.o. in the least:- Y doesn't (couldn't) give a damn (a hoot, a fig) about X;- Y doesn't care at all (about X).♦ [Алёна:]...Мы же обречены ждать, ждать... [Нюша:] Хотя бы ради стариков. [Алёна:] Да старикам до лампочки. Это ты у нас чувствительная ко всякой ерунде (Панова 1). [ А.:]... We're doomed to wait and wait - [N.:] If only for the grandparents' sake. [A.:] They couldn't care less. It's you who worries about every little thing (1a).♦ [Зилов:]...Ты прекрасно знаешь, откуда у меня эта копейка. Но ты идёшь со мной, потому что тебе всё до лампочки, и откуда взялась моя копейка, на это тебе тоже наплевать... (Вампилов 5). [Z.:]... You know full well where I got that kopeck. But you go with me because you don't give a damn and it's all one to you how I came by that kopeck... (5a).♦...Аркадий ничем никому не угрожал: ни малейшим вмешательством, ни расспросами, самым обычным и естественным интересом: "Ну, как вы тут живете? Как тут у вас ладится?" Это все Аркаше было до лампочки (Залыгин 1)... Arkady was no threat to anyone: he didn't interfere in the least, didn't pester anyone with questions, not even the most normal and natural questions: "How's life here then? How are you getting on?" He didn't care at all (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > до лампочки
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12 расспросы
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13 namęcz|yć
pf pot. Ⅰ vt 1. (zadać ból) to torment [osoby, zwierzęta] 2. (dokuczyć) to torment, to harass- namęczyć kogoś pytaniami to plague a. pester sb with questions- namęczyła go swoją zazdrością she tormented him with her jealousyⅡ namęczyć się 1. (nacierpieć się) to have suffered a lot- namęczyła się z mężem pijakiem she’s suffered a lot a. gone through a hell of a time with her drunkard husband- namęczyć się przez całe życie to have endured a great deal in one’s life2. (wysilić się) to go to a lot of trouble; (mieć trudności) to have a hard time- namęczył się przy lekcjach he took great pains over a. with the lessons- namęczył się naprawiając samochód he had a hard time mending the carThe New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > namęcz|yć
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14 kat|ować
impf Ⅰ vt 1. (bić) to beat; (torturować) to torture- katować kogoś do nieprzytomności to beat sb unconscious ⇒ skatować2. (dręczyć) to torment, to plague- katować kogoś pytaniami to torment a. pester sb with questionsⅡ katować się to torment oneself (czymś with sth)The New English-Polish, Polish-English Kościuszko foundation dictionary > kat|ować
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15 nihakila
to bother, to pester constantly (with questions, etc.). (v.t.) -
16 рвать кого-либо на части
[rvat' na chasti] To tear someone into pieces. To pester someone with questions or requests; to bother someone too much; not to give someone any peace.Русские фразеологизмы в картинках (русско-английский словарь) > рвать кого-либо на части
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17 hemd
2 [overhemd] shirt♦voorbeelden:1 〈 figuurlijk〉 iemand het hemd van zijn lijf/gat vragen • want to know everything (from someone); 〈 lastig〉 pester someone (with questions)in zijn hemd staan • 〈figuurlijk; beroofd〉 be stripped of everything/cleaned out; 〈figuurlijk; voor gek〉 look a fool/foolish; 〈 letterlijk〉 be in one's vest/undershirt〈 figuurlijk〉 iemand in zijn hemd zetten • make someone look a fool/foolish〈 figuurlijk〉 iemand tot op het hemd uitschudden/uitkleden • take the shirt off someone's back, clean someone outtot op het hemd nat zijn • be soaked to the skin〈 spreekwoord〉 het hemd is nader dan de rok • near is my shirt, but nearer is my skin -
18 iemand het hemd van zijn lijf/gat vragen
iemand het hemd van zijn lijf/gat vragenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > iemand het hemd van zijn lijf/gat vragen
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19 assillare
pester* * *assillare v.tr. to worry, to harass, to pester, to torment, to trouble: assillare qlcu. di domande, to pester s.o. with questions; assillare qlcu. con richieste di denaro, to harass s.o. with demands for money; lo assillava il pensiero del figlio lontano, he was tormented by the thought of his absent son; era assillata dai creditori, she was harassed by creditors.◘ assillarsi v.rifl. to torment oneself.* * *[assil'lare]verbo transitivo [rimorsi, dubbi] to torment, to nag; [idea, problema] to beset*, to nag, to plague; [creditori, giornalisti] to harass [ persona]* * *assillare/assil'lare/ [1][rimorsi, dubbi] to torment, to nag; [idea, problema] to beset*, to nag, to plague; [creditori, giornalisti] to harass [ persona]; essere assillato dalle preoccupazioni to be beset with worries; smettila di assillarmi! stop pestering me! -
20 pesticida
• pester with questions• pestiferous
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