bother

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molestar

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bother
[ˈbɒðə(r)]
sustantivo
1problemas (mpl) dificultades (f pl) (trouble); molestia (f) (inconvenience)
  • to go to the bother of doing something -> tomarse la molestia de hacer algo
verbo transitivo
2molestar (annoy)
  • my back's still bothering me -> todavía me molesta la espalda
  • I hate to bother you but… -> siento tener que molestarte pero…
3(care about)
  • to be bothered about something -> estar preocupado(a) por algo
  • I can't be bothered (familiar) -> no tengo ganas, paso
  • I'm not bothered (familiar) -> me da igual
verbo intransitivo
4preocuparse (care)(about por)
  • he didn't even bother to apologize -> ni siquiera se molestó en pedir disculpas
  • don't bother! -> no te molestes

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bother [bo-za
sustantivo
1Aturullar, confundir, perturbar, enojar, aturdir con ruido; molestar (irritate), incomodar, jorobar, fastidiar (pester). (m)
  • Does my smoking bother you? -> ¿te molesta que fume
  • Sorry to bother you -> perdone (que le moleste)
  • What’s bothering you? -> ¿qué es lo que te preocupa
  • She’s very quiet, but don’t let it bother you -> es muy callada, no te inquietes por ello
  • Don’t bother writing a long letter -> no hace falta que escribas una carta larga (making effort)
  • I don’t bother cooking any more -> ya no me molesto en cocinar más
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
2Molestarse (make effort). (n)
  • You shouldn’t have bothered -> no debiste haberte molestado
  • Why bother? -> ¿para qué molestarse
  • I don’t usually bother with lunch -> normalmente no como nada al mediodía
  • To bother about something/somebody -> preocuparse por algo/alguien (worry)
Preocupar (trouble).
sustantivo
1Molestia (trouble), trabajo (work), problemas (problems).
  • It isn’t worth the no vale la pena -> (GB) (Coloq,) A spot of un problemita
  • If it isn’t too much of a bother for you -> si no es mucho problema o demasiada molestia para usted (nuisance)
interjección
1(GB) Bother (it)!
, ¡maldito sea!

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bother [ˈbɒðəʳ]
noun
1 (nuisance) molestia; (f) lata; (informal) (f)
what a bother! ¡qué lata!; (informal) it's such a bother to clean es una lata limpiarlo; (informal) es muy incómodo limpiarlo
2 (problems) problemas; (m)
I found the street without any bother encontré la calle sin problemas
Save yourself a lot of bother and have it done professionally
do you have much bother with your car? ¿tienes muchos problemas con el coche?; he had a spot of bother with the police tuvo un pequeño problema con la policía
3 (trouble) molestia; (f)
it isn't any bother it's no bother no es ninguna molestia
I went to the bother of finding one me tomé la molestia de buscar uno
4 (Britain) (informal) (violence)
to go out looking for bother salir a buscar camorra; (informal)
There was a spot of bother after the match, but nothing that the police couldn't handle
verb:transitive
1 (worry) preocupar; (annoy) molestar; fastidiar
does the noise bother you? ¿le molesta el ruido?; does it bother you if I smoke? ¿le molesta que fume?; his leg bothers him le duele la pierna; to bother o.s. about/with sth molestarse preocuparse por algo;or
Don't bother yourself about the money, I'll collect it later It's quite unnecessary for you to bother yourself with complex arithmetic when you have better things to do
2 (inconvenience) molestar; (pester) dar la lata a; (informal)
I don't like to bother him at this time of night I don't know why he bothers me with this kind of rubbish ...a neighbour who kept bothering her
I'm sorry to bother you perdona la molestia; don't bother me! ¡no me molestes!; ¡no fastidies!; ¡no me friegues!; (LAm) (informal) please don't bother me about it now le ruego que no me moleste con eso ahora
verb:intransitive
(take trouble) tomarse la molestia;to do de hacer
to bother about/with molestarse preocuparse por;or don't bother no te molestes; no te preocupes; he didn't even bother to write ni siquiera se molestó en escribir
interjection
¡porras!; (informal)

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Verb Conjugation for "bother"

Imperative
  • bother
  • you bother
  • he/she bothers
  • we bother
  • you bother
  • they bother
Preterite
  • I bothered
  • you bothered
  • he/she bothered
  • we bothered
  • you bothered
  • they bothered
Present Continuous
  • I am bothering
  • you are bothering
  • he/she is bothering
  • we are bothering
  • you are bothering
  • they are bothering
Present Perfect
  • I have bothered
  • you have bothered
  • he/she has bothered
  • we have bothered
  • you have bothered
  • they have bothered
Past Continuous
  • I was bothering
  • you were bothering
  • he/she was bothering
  • we were bothering
  • you were bothering
  • they were bothering
Past Perfect
  • I had bothered
  • you had bothered
  • he/she had bothered
  • we had bothered
  • you had bothered
  • they had bothered
Future
  • I will bother
  • you will bother
  • he/she will bother
  • we will bother
  • you will bother
  • they will bother
Future Perfect
  • I will have bothered
  • you will have bothered
  • he/she will have bothered
  • we will have bothered
  • you will have bothered
  • they will have bothered
Future Continuous
  • I will be bothering
  • you will be bothering
  • he/she will be bothering
  • we will be bothering
  • you will be bothering
  • they will be bothering
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been bothering
  • you have been bothering
  • he/she has been bothering
  • we have been bothering
  • you have been bothering
  • they have been bothering
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been bothering
  • you will have been bothering
  • he/she will have been bothering
  • we will have been bothering
  • you will have been bothering
  • they will have been bothering
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been bothering
  • you had been bothering
  • he/she had been bothering
  • we had been bothering
  • you had been bothering
  • they had been bothering
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