molestar

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /mo.ləsˈta/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu.ləsˈta/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo.lesˈtaɾ/

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

1. to bother, annoy
2. to disturb
3. to hurt

• molèstia

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

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

Borrowing from English molest, Spanish molestar, Italian molestare, German molestieren and French molester.

• IPA^(key): /mo.lesˈtar/, /mo.leˈstar/

molestar (present tense molestas, past tense molestis, future tense molestos, imperative molestez, conditional molestus)

1. (transitive) to molest, to harass, to mistreat

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

1. to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to harass

   Synonym: incomodar

2. to molest (to abuse sexually)

• IPA^(key): /molesˈtaɾ/, [molesˈt̪aɾ]

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

1. to bother

   Synonyms: fastidiar, fregar, joder, jorobar

• 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.

• agobiar