molestar
Spanish, verb/molesˈtaɾ/
molestar is spelled M-O-L-E-S-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,670th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Molestar is a Spanish verb meaning “to bother, to disturb, to trouble, to impose, to inconvenience, to burden” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Causar molestias o incomodidades de alguna clase”.
What does molestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bother, to disturb, to trouble, to impose, to inconvenience, to burden
Deja de molestarme.
- 2
to annoy, to tease, to pester, to bug, to hassle
- 3
to upset, to discomfort
- 4
to mind (uses indirect object)
- 5
to intrude
- 6
to get upset
- 7
to bother
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Causar molestias o incomodidades de alguna clase. 2. Impedir o perturbar la correcta ejecución de una tarea. 3. Causar dolor ligero. 4. Fatigar.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of molestar
- molesto first-person present singular
- molesté first-person preterite singular
- molestado participle past
- molestando gerund
- molestada feminine participle past
- molestados masculine participle past
- molestadas feminine participle past
- molestas indicative informal present
- molestás indicative informal present
- molesta indicative present singular
- molestamos first-person indicative plural
- molestáis indicative plural present
- molestan indicative plural present
- molestaba first-person imperfect indicative
- molestabas imperfect indicative second-person
- molestábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- molestabais imperfect indicative plural
- molestaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce molestar?
- /molesˈtaɾ/
- [mo.lesˈt̪aɾ]
- [molesˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to molestar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is molestar in Spanish?
molestar appears 9.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).