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molestia

Spanish, noun/moˈlestja/

molestia is spelled M-O-L-E-S-T-I-A (8 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,402nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Molestia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “trouble, nuisance, inconvenience, bother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Incomodidad, fatiga”.

What does molestia mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininetrouble, nuisance, inconvenience, bother

    perdona las molestias

  2. 2

    femininediscomfort (health-related or bodily pain)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Incomodidad, fatiga. 2. Fastidio. 3. Cansancio.

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 molestia

  • molestias plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce molestia?

  • /moˈlestja/
  • [moˈles.t̪ja]
  • [moˈlest̪ja]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to molestia

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is molestia in Spanish?

molestia appears 9.5 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).

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