me molesta que

it bothers me that

me molesta que(meh moh-lehs-tah keh)

phrase

1. (it irks me that)

a. it bothers me that

Me molesta que la gente ponga la música tan alta, sea la hora del día que sea.

It bothers me that people play the music so loud, whatever the time of the day.

b. it annoys me that

Me molesta que los jefes anden siempre cambiando la hora de las reuniones. ¿A ti no?

It annoys me that our bosses always keep changing the times of the meetings. Doesn't it annoy you too?

c. it bothers me when

Me molesta que alguien sorba la sopa de esa forma.

It bothers me when someone slurps their soup like that.

d. it annoys me when

Me molesta que me haga yo un bocadillo y, de pronto, a todo el mundo le entre hambre.

It annoys me when I make myself a sandwich and, all of a sudden, everyone else gets hungry.

e. I find it annoying when

Cómo me molesta que la gente se ponga en mitad de la acera y no deje pasar a los demás.

I find it so annoying when people stand in the middle of the sidewalk and won't let others get through.

f. it bothers me to

Ya sabes que me molesta que me interrumpan cuando estoy hablando.

You know it bothers me to be interrupted while I'm talking.

g. it annoys me to

Me molesta sobremanera que me digan lo que tengo que hacer.

It annoys me exceedingly to be told what to do.

2. (it offends me that)

a. it upsets me that

Me molesta que me traten así, cuando yo me volqué con ellos.

It upsets me that they treat me like this, when I went out of my way to please them.

b. it upsets me when

La verdad es que me molesta que mis padres hablen de mí como si yo no estuviera allí.

The truth is that it upsets me when my parents talk about me as if I wasn't there.

c. I find it upsetting when

Me molesta mucho que me llame gordi, pero, cuanto más se lo digo, más lo hace.

I find it really upsetting when he calls me fatty, but the more I tell him, the more he does it.

d. it upsets me to

Me molesta que siempre tenga que ser yo el que la llama a ella, y nunca al revés.

It upsets me to be always the one to call her, and never the other way round.