hostigar

v.

1 to pester, to bother.

2 to harass (military).

3 to whip a horse.

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hostigar

Conjugation model [LLEGAR], like {{link=llegar}}llegar

► verbo transitivo

1 (azotar) to whip

2 figurado (perseguir) to plague, persecute; (al enemigo) to harass

3 figurado (molestar) to pester

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verb

to harass

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VT

1) (=molestar) to harass, plague, pester

2) (=dar latigazos) to lash, whip

3) LAm [+ comida] to surfeit, cloy

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) (acosar) to bother, pester

b) (Mil) to harass

c) <caballo> to whip

2) (Andes fam) comida/bebida to pall on

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= harass, taunt, tease, twit, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], pressurise [pressurize, -USA], nobble, bear down on, harry.

Ex. I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.

Ex. The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.

Ex. I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.

Ex. Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.

Ex. He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.

Ex. Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.

Ex. He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.

Ex. And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.

Ex. They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.

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verbo transitivo

1)

a) (acosar) to bother, pester

b) (Mil) to harass

c) <caballo> to whip

2) (Andes fam) comida/bebida to pall on

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= harass, taunt, tease, twit, tantalise [tantalize, -USA], pressurise [pressurize, -USA], nobble, bear down on, harry.

Ex: I have reason to believe that my boss, the head of reference, has been sexually harassing me.

Ex: The writer describes how he spent his school days avoiding bullies who taunted him because he was a dancer.

Ex: I like to be considered one of the team, to joke with and tease the employee but that sure creates a problem when I have to discipline, correct, or fire an employee.

Ex: Don't be tempted into twitting me with the past knowledge that you have of me, because it is identical with the past knowledge that I have of you, and in twitting me, you twit yourself.

Ex: He may have wished to tease and tantalize his readers by insoluble problems.

Ex: Shearer also made an arse of himself by perpetuating the myth of the noble English sportsman who never dives or pressurises referees.

Ex: He was the best striker I ever saw, certainly before the injuries that nobbled him twice.

Ex: And here was the war, implacably bearing down on us.

Ex: They stayed there for the winter, and spent the succeeding three summers harrying the coasts of Ireland and Scotland, after which they returned to Norway.

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hostigar [A3 ]

vt

A

1 (acosar) to bother, pester

lo hostigaba para que se enfrentara con el jefe she kept pestering him to confront the boss

2 (Mil) to harass

3 ‹caballo› to whip

B

(Andes fam) «comida/bebida» (empalagar, hartar): tanto pollo terminó por hostigarme I eventually got sick of o fed up of eating so much chicken (colloq)

esto me hostiga this is too sickly o sickly-sweet for me

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hostigar (conjugate hostigar) verbo transitivo
1

a) (acosar) to bother, pester

b) (Mil) to harass

c) ‹caballo› to whip

2 (Andes fam) [comida/bebida] to pall on
hostigar verbo transitivo
1 (a una persona, a un enemigo) to harass
2 (con un látigo, esp a un caballo) to whip
'hostigar' also found in these entries:
English:
harass
- harry

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hostigar vt

1. [acosar] to pester, to bother

2. [golpear] to whip

3. Mil to harass

4. Andes, CAm, Méx [sujeto: dulces]

los bombones me hostigan I find chocolates sickly

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hostigar

v/t

1 pester

2 MIL harass

3 caballo whip

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hostigar {52} vt

acosar, asediar: to harass, to pester