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1 pest
[pest]he's such a little pest! — [ child] è proprio una (piccola) peste!
* * *[pest]1) (a creature that is harmful or destructive, eg a mosquito, a rat etc.) parassita, (animale nocivo)2) (a troublesome person or thing: He is always annoying me - he is an absolute pest!) peste•* * *pest /pɛst/n.1 insetto o piccolo animale nocivo o infestante; parassita: garden pests, parassiti delle piante da giardino; parassiti da giardino; Rabbits can be a serious pest, i conigli possono essere molto nocivi; pest control, disinfestazione; lotta antiparassitaria2 (fig.) seccatore, seccatrice; scocciatore, scocciatrice; individuo pestiferoFALSI AMICI: nell'inglese attuale pest non significa peste nel significato medico.* * *[pest]he's such a little pest! — [ child] è proprio una (piccola) peste!
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2 nuisance
['njuːsns] [AE 'nuː-]1) (annoying person) (child) peste f.; (adult) scocciatore m. (-trice), tormento m.to be a nuisance to sb. — [ person] infastidire qcn., dare fastidio a qcn.; [action, noise] dare fastidio a qcn.
2) (inconvenience) disturbo m., seccatura f.the nuisance is that... — la noia è che...
* * *['nju:sns](a person or thing that is annoying or troublesome: That child is a terrible nuisance.) seccatura* * *['njuːsns] [AE 'nuː-]1) (annoying person) (child) peste f.; (adult) scocciatore m. (-trice), tormento m.to be a nuisance to sb. — [ person] infastidire qcn., dare fastidio a qcn.; [action, noise] dare fastidio a qcn.
2) (inconvenience) disturbo m., seccatura f.the nuisance is that... — la noia è che...
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