pestering in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pestering in the English»French Dictionary

pester [Brit ˈpɛstə, Am ˈpɛstər] VB trans

1. pester (annoy):

pester person, people

harceler (with de, for pour obtenir)

pester fly: horse, cow, person

harceler

to pester sb to be allowed to do

harceler qn pour obtenir la permission de faire

the children pestered us to let them stay up late

les enfants nous ont harcelés pour qu'on les laisse veiller

to be pestered over the telephone

se faire harceler au téléphone

stop pestering me!

fiche-moi la paix! inf

to pester the life out of sb inf

casser les pieds à qn inf

2. pester (harass sexually):

pester

harceler, poursuivre [qn] de ses assiduités

Translations for pestering in the French»English Dictionary

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harceler démarcheur, mendiant, journaliste:

to pester

harceler qn de questions

to pester sb with questions

harceler qn pour obtenir qc

to pester sb for sth

relance (par importun)

pestering uncountable

cessez de me presser

stop pestering me

relancer importun:

to pester

enquiquiner qn (importuner)

to pester sb

embêter (importuner)

to pester

pestering in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pestering in the English»French Dictionary

pester VB trans

to pester sb for sth

harceler qn pour obtenir qc

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he keeps pestering me

il n'arrête pas de me harceler

Translations for pestering in the French»English Dictionary

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cramponner

to pester

enquiquiner qn avec qc

to pester sb with sth

embêter

to pester

pestering Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to pester sb for sth

harceler qn pour obtenir qc

he keeps pestering me

il n'arrête pas de me harceler

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

His weakness into helping others is flattery and pestering.

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At work, she takes great delight in pestering her boss, at one time stapling all his possessions to his desk (including the stapler itself).

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She has said that she really enjoyed it so kept pestering her parents to take her all the time.

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But the situation turns out to be worse than expected when CBI and other investigative agencies start pestering her.

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She had been pressuring him because she was pregnant, he said, and he simply wanted her to stop pestering him.

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As identical twins they enjoy pestering people by trying to get them to guess which one is which and also often finish each other's sentences.

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His absent-minded approach to cases, his distracted outbursts and constant pestering of suspects is his "modus operandi".

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Yearlong they assisted with hunting by sniffing out seals' holes and pestering polar bears.

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He was relieved to be free of the pestering of his former classmates, saying that they nearly destroyed him with their insanity.

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However, he keeps pestering her to admit that she has feelings for him as he tells her that he is in love with her.

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