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bother

/ˈbɑðɚ/ verbo A2

En español: molestar, agobiar, brear, cargosear

  1. To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. (transitive) · Would it bother you if I smoked?
  2. Damn; curse. (transitive)
  3. To feel care or concern; to burden or inconvenience oneself out of concern. (intransitive) · I never bother about such trivialities.· I wouldn't bother with an umbrella if I were you.
  4. To take the trouble, to trouble oneself (to do something). (intransitive) · Why do I even bother to try?
  5. To do something which is of negligible inconvenience. (intransitive) · You didn’t even bother to close the door.

He/she/it bothers · Pasado bothered · Participio pasado bothered · Forma en -ing bothering

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De la biblioteca

He seemed to me to be pale and bothered.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 102 · C1
“He is powerful and terrible, and if you come on an idle or foolish errand to bother the wise reflections of the Great Wizard, he might be angry and destroy you all in an instant.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 62 · B2
However, you have brains, and it is worth a lot of bother to be able to think properly.”
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 25 · B2
Phillips’s brief reforming energy was over; he didn’t want the bother of punishing a dozen pupils; but it was necessary to do something to save his word, so he looked about for a scapegoat and found it in Anne, who had dropped into her seat, gasping for breath, with a forgotten lily wreath hanging askew over one ear and giving her a particularly rakish and disheveled appearance.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 117 · C1

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