plagar

v.

to plague, to pester, to infest.

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plagar

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

► verbo transitivo

1 to plague, infest

■ este verano el país se ha plagado de turistas the country was invaded by tourists this summer

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1.

VT (=infestar) to infest, plague

han plagado la ciudad de carteles — they have covered o plastered the town with posters

un texto plagado de errores — a text riddled with errors

esta sección está plagada de minas — this part has mines everywhere

2.

See:

plagarse

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= litter (with), plague, besiege.

Ex. There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.

Ex. Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.

Ex. Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.

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* el camino hacia + Nombre + está plagado de + Nombre = the road (to/towards) + Nombre + is paved with + Nombre.

* estar plagado de = be rife with.

* plagar de errores = litter with + failure, litter with + error.

* plagar de problemas = bedevil.

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= litter (with), plague, besiege.

Ex: There are plenty of omission failures of this sort, and they litter most of the Hennepin County Library Cataloging Bulletins.

Ex: Title indexes have always been plagued by the absence of terminology control.

Ex: Concurrently, libraries are besieged with greater demands from the academic community for access to and instruction in electronic information resources such as the Internet.

* el camino hacia + Nombre + está plagado de + Nombre = the road (to/towards) + Nombre + is paved with + Nombre.

* estar plagado de = be rife with.

* plagar de errores = litter with + failure, litter with + error.

* plagar de problemas = bedevil.

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plagar

♦ vt

plagar de [propaganda] to swamp with;

[moscas] to infest with

♦ See also the pronominal verb plagarse

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plagar {52} vt

: to plague