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preoccuparsi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bother verb To annoy or disturb someone, or to cause them trouble.
  • fret verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
  • stew noun A dish of meat and vegetables cooked slowly together in liquid.
  • tend verb To be likely to behave, happen, or turn out in a particular way.
  • worry verb To feel anxious or uneasy about something.

Senses

preoccuparsi is used for these senses in English:

  • bother (transitive) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
  • bother To do something which is of negligible inconvenience.
  • fret (ambitransitive) To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
  • stew (intransitive, figuratively) To be in a state of elevated anxiety or anger.
  • tend To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
  • worry (intransitive) To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt.

bother — full definition

  1. verb To annoy or disturb someone, or to cause them trouble.
  2. verb To take the trouble to do something, especially when it might be seen as unnecessary.
  3. noun A minor annoyance, fuss, or inconvenience.
  4. intj A mild exclamation of annoyance.

fret — full definition

  1. verb To worry or feel anxious about something.
  2. noun One of the raised ridges across the neck of a guitar or similar instrument, used to mark finger positions.

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