molestar
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestí, past participle molestat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /e/
Conjugation
Related terms
Galician
Verb
molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestei, past participle molestado)
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Ido
Etymology
Borrowing from English molest, Spanish molestar, Italian molestare, German molestieren and French molester.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo.lesˈtar/, /mo.leˈstar/
Verb
molestar (present tense molestas, past tense molestis, future tense molestos, imperative molestez, conditional molestus)
Conjugation
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
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.lesˈta(ʁ)/ [mo.lesˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /mo.lesˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /mo.leʃˈta(ʁ)/ [mo.leʃˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /mo.lesˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.lɨʃˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mu.lɨʃˈta.ɾi/
Verb
molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestei, past participle molestado)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /molesˈtaɾ/ [mo.lesˈt̪aɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: mo‧les‧tar
Verb
molestar (first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molesté, past participle molestado)
Usage notes
- 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
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive molestar | |||||||
dative | molestarme | molestarte | molestarle, molestarse | molestarnos | molestaros | molestarles, molestarse | |
accusative | molestarme | molestarte | molestarlo, molestarla, molestarse | molestarnos | molestaros | molestarlos, molestarlas, molestarse | |
with gerund molestando | |||||||
dative | molestándome | molestándote | molestándole, molestándose | molestándonos | molestándoos | molestándoles, molestándose | |
accusative | molestándome | molestándote | molestándolo, molestándola, molestándose | molestándonos | molestándoos | molestándolos, molestándolas, molestándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative molesta | |||||||
dative | moléstame | moléstate | moléstale | moléstanos | not used | moléstales | |
accusative | moléstame | moléstate | moléstalo, moléstala | moléstanos | not used | moléstalos, moléstalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative molestá | |||||||
dative | molestame | molestate | molestale | molestanos | not used | molestales | |
accusative | molestame | molestate | molestalo, molestala | molestanos | not used | molestalos, molestalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative moleste | |||||||
dative | molésteme | not used | moléstele, moléstese | moléstenos | not used | molésteles | |
accusative | molésteme | not used | moléstelo, moléstela, moléstese | moléstenos | not used | moléstelos, moléstelas | |
with first-person plural imperative molestemos | |||||||
dative | not used | molestémoste | molestémosle | molestémonos | molestémoos | molestémosles | |
accusative | not used | molestémoste | molestémoslo, molestémosla | molestémonos | molestémoos | molestémoslos, molestémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative molestad | |||||||
dative | molestadme | not used | molestadle | molestadnos | molestaos | molestadles | |
accusative | molestadme | not used | molestadlo, molestadla | molestadnos | molestaos | molestadlos, molestadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative molesten | |||||||
dative | moléstenme | not used | moléstenle | moléstennos | not used | moléstenles, moléstense | |
accusative | moléstenme | not used | moléstenlo, moléstenla | moléstennos | not used | moléstenlos, moléstenlas, moléstense |
See also
Further reading
- “molestar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014