molestar

Catalan

Verb

molestar ‎(first-person singular present molesto, past participle molestat)

to bother, to annoy
to disturb
to hurt

Conjugation

Conjugation of molestar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			molestar
present participle			molestant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		molestat		molestada
		plural		molestats		molestades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	molesto	molestes	molesta	molestem	molesteu	molesten
	imperfect	molestava	molestaves	molestava	molestàvem	molestàveu	molestaven
	future	molestaré	molestaràs	molestarà	molestarem	molestareu	molestaran
	preterite	molestí	molestares	molestà	molestàrem	molestàreu	molestaren
	conditional	molestaria	molestaries	molestaria	molestaríem	molestaríeu	molestarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	molesti	molestis	molesti	molestem	molesteu	molestin
	imperfect	molestés	molestessis	molestés	molestéssim	molestéssiu	molestessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
imperative		—	molesta	molesti	molestem	molesteu	molestin

Related terms

molèstia

Galician

Verb

molestar ‎(first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molestei, past participle molestado)

to bother, annoy
first-person and third-person singular future subjunctive of molestar
first-person and third-person singular personal infinitive of molestar

Conjugation

Conjugation of molestar

person		singular			plural
infinitive			molestar
gerund			molestando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		molestado		molestados
		feminine		molestada		molestadas
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	molesto	molestas	molesta	molestamos	molestades	molestan
	imperfect	molestaba	molestabas	molestaba	molestabamos	molestabades	molestaban
	preterite	molestei	molestaches	molestou	molestamos	molestastes	molestaron
	pluperfect	molestara	molestaras	molestara	molestaramos	molestarades	molestaran
	future	molestarei	molestarás	molestará	molestaremos	molestaredes	molestarán
	conditional	molestaría	molestarías	molestaría	molestariamos	molestariades	molestarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	moleste	molestes	moleste	molestemos	molestedes	molesten
	preterite	molestase	molestases	molestase	molestásemos	molestásedes	molestasen
	future	molestar	molestares	molestar	molestarmos	molestardes	molestaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	molesta	moleste	molestemos	molestade	molesten
	negative	—	molestes	moleste	molestemos	molestedes	molesten
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		molestar	molestares	molestar	molestarmos	molestardes	molestaren

Portuguese

Verb

molestar ‎(first-person singular present indicative molesto, past participle molestado)

to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to harass
to molest (to abuse sexually)

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb molestar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	molestar
Personal	molestar	molestares	molestar	molestarmos	molestardes	molestarem
Gerund
	molestando
Past participle
Masculine	molestado			molestados
Feminine	molestada			molestadas
Indicative
Present	molesto	molestas	molesta	molestamos	molestais	molestam
Imperfect	molestava	molestavas	molestava	molestávamos	molestáveis	molestavam
Preterite	molestei	molestaste	molestou	molestamos molestámos	molestastes	molestaram
Pluperfect	molestara	molestaras	molestara	molestáramos	molestáreis	molestaram
Future	molestarei	molestarás	molestará	molestaremos	molestareis	molestarão
Conditional
	molestaria	molestarias	molestaria	molestaríamos	molestaríeis	molestariam
Subjunctive
Present	moleste	molestes	moleste	molestemos	molesteis	molestem
Imperfect	molestasse	molestasses	molestasse	molestássemos	molestásseis	molestassem
Future	molestar	molestares	molestar	molestarmos	molestardes	molestarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	molesta	moleste	molestemos	molestai	molestem
Negative (não)	-	molestes	moleste	molestemos	molesteis	molestem

Synonyms

(to bother): incomodar

Spanish

Verb

molestar ‎(first-person singular present molesto, first-person singular preterite molesté, past participle molestado)

to bother

Usage notes

molestar is a false friend and does not have the sexual connotation of "to molest". The phrase for that in Spanish could be abusar sexualmente depending on context.

Conjugation

Conjugation of molestar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			molestar
gerund			molestando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		molestado		molestada
		plural		molestados		molestadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	molesto	molestas^tú molestás^{^vos}	molesta	molestamos	molestáis	molestan
	imperfect	molestaba	molestabas	molestaba	molestábamos	molestabais	molestaban
	preterite	molesté	molestaste	molestó	molestamos	molestasteis	molestaron
	future	molestaré	molestarás	molestará	molestaremos	molestaréis	molestarán
	conditional	molestaría	molestarías	molestaría	molestaríamos	molestaríais	molestarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	moleste	molestes^{^tú} molestés^{^vos¹}	moleste	molestemos	molestéis	molesten
	imperfect (ra)	molestara	molestaras	molestara	molestáramos	molestarais	molestaran
	imperfect (se)	molestase	molestases	molestase	molestásemos	molestaseis	molestasen
	future	molestare	molestares	molestare	molestáremos	molestareis	molestaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		molesta^{^tú} molestá^{^vos}	moleste	molestemos	molestad	molesten
	negative		no molestes	no moleste	no molestemos	no molestéis	no molesten

¹Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of molestar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive molestar
	dative	molestarme	molestarte, molestarle	molestarle, molestarse	molestarnos	molestaros, molestarles	molestarles, molestarse
	accusative	molestarme	molestarte, molestarlo, molestarla	molestarlo, molestarla, molestarse	molestarnos	molestaros, molestarlos, molestarlas	molestarlos, molestarlas, molestarse

with gerund molestando
	dative	molestándome	molestándote, molestándole	molestándole, molestándose	molestándonos	molestándoos, molestándoles	molestándoles, molestándose
	accusative	molestándome	molestándote, molestándolo, molestándola	molestándolo, molestándola, molestándose	molestándonos	molestándoos, molestándolos, molestándolas	molestándolos, molestándolas, molestándose

with informal second-person singular imperative molesta
	dative	molestame	molestate, molestale	molestale	molestanos	molestaos, molestales	molestales
	accusative	molestame	molestate, molestalo, molestala	molestalo, molestala	molestanos	molestaos, molestalos, molestalas	molestalos, molestalas

with formal second-person singular imperative moleste
	dative	molésteme	moléstete, moléstele	moléstele, moléstese	moléstenos	molésteles	molésteles, moléstese
	accusative	molésteme	moléstete, moléstelo, moléstela	moléstelo, moléstela, moléstese	moléstenos	moléstelos, moléstelas	moléstelos, moléstelas, moléstese

with first-person plural imperative molestemos
	dative	not used	molestémosle	molestémosle	molestémonos	molestémosles	molestémosles
	accusative	not used	molestémoslo, molestémosla	molestémoslo, molestémosla	molestémonos	molestémoslos, molestémoslas	molestémoslos, molestémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative molestad
	dative	molestadme	molestadle	molestadle	molestadnos	molestaos, molestadles	molestadles
	accusative	molestadme	molestadlo, molestadla	molestadlo, molestadla	molestadnos	molestaos, molestadlos, molestadlas	molestadlos, molestadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative molesten
	dative	moléstenme	moléstente, moléstenle	moléstenle, moléstense	moléstenos	moléstenles	moléstenles, moléstense
	accusative	moléstenme	moléstente, moléstenlo, moléstenla	moléstenlo, moléstenla, moléstense	moléstenos	moléstenlos, moléstenlas	moléstenlos, moléstenlas, moléstense

Synonyms

Related terms

molestia f
molesto
molestoso

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