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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesimportunar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ĩ.poɾ.tuˈnaɾ/
"Ele tentou importunar o vizinhança com música alta."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To make someone slightly angry, irritated, or impatient.
"His constant drumming on the desk began to annoy everyone in the office." - 2
To cause annoyance, disturbance, or petty trouble to.
"Mosquitoes can seriously annoy campers during the humid summer evenings."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French word 'anoier', which stems from the Vulgar Latin expression 'in odio habere' meaning 'to hold in hatred'. Entering the English language during the Middle English period, it shifted from meaning to cause hatred or distress to its modern sense of causing mild irritation or bother.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Annoy" is said worldwide
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agacer
Transliteration: /a.ɡa.se/
"Le bruit de la circulation peut agacer les riverains."
ärgern
Transliteration: /ˈɛʁɡɐn/
"Es kann ärgern, wenn der Zug Verspätung hat."
irritare
Transliteration: /ir.riˈta.re/
"quel comportamento tende a irritare tutti."
molestar
Transliteration: /mo.lesˈtaɾ/
"No debes molestar a tus compañeros mientras estudian."
importunar
Transliteration: /ĩ.poɾ.tuˈnaɾ/
"Ele tentou importunar o vizinhança com música alta."
परेशान करना
Transliteration: pareshan karna
"शोर मत करो, यह दूसरों को परेशान कर सकता है।"
惹恼
Transliteration: rěnǎo
"他的无礼举动把大家惹恼了。"
짜증나게 하다
Transliteration: jjajeungnage hada
"그 소음은 정말 사람을 짜증나게 하다."
いらいらさせる
Transliteration: iriraisaseru
Script: 苛立たせる
"彼の態度はみんなをいらいらさせる。"
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