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irritar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • annoy verb To bother or irritate someone, especially through repeated small actions.
  • irritate verb To annoy or make someone impatient or angry.
  • nettle noun A plant covered in tiny stinging hairs that cause an itchy rash when touched.
  • provoke verb To deliberately anger or irritate someone.
  • roil verb To disturb a liquid so that the sediment at the bottom mixes through it.
  • set off phrasal verb To begin a journey or start out towards somewhere.
  • tease verb To poke fun at someone playfully or, sometimes, unkindly.
  • trouble noun A difficult, worrying, or dangerous situation or problem.
  • vex verb To annoy or irritate someone.

Senses

irritar is used for these senses in English:

  • annoy (transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
  • irritate (intransitive) To cause or induce displeasure or irritation.
  • nettle (transitive, figurative) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.
  • provoke (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
  • roil (transitive, of a person or group of people) To annoy; to make angry; to throw into discord.
  • set off (idiomatic, transitive) To begin; to cause; to initiate.
  • tease (transitive) To provoke or disturb; to annoy.
  • trouble (reflexive, or, intransitive) To take pains (to do something); to bother.

irritate — full definition

  1. verb To annoy or make someone impatient or angry.
  2. verb To cause soreness, redness, or discomfort in part of the body.
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