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atormentar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bedevil verb To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
  • harrow noun A heavy farming tool with rows of spikes or discs, dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.
  • haunt verb Of a ghost or spirit, to appear regularly in a particular place.
  • pine noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.
  • plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.
  • torment noun Severe physical or mental suffering.
  • vex verb To annoy or irritate someone.

Senses

atormentar is used for these senses in English:

  • bedevil To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
  • harrow (transitive) To traumatize or disturb; to torment, distress or vex.
  • haunt (transitive) To make uneasy, restless.
  • pine (transitive) To inflict pain upon; to torment.
  • plague (transitive) To harass, pester or annoy someone persistently or incessantly.
  • torment (transitive) To cause severe suffering to (stronger than to vex but weaker than to torture.)
  • vex (transitive) To cause (mental) suffering to; to distress.

bedevil — full definition

  1. verb To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
  2. verb To perplex or bewilder.
  3. verb To possess (someone's mind).

harrow — full definition

  1. noun A heavy farming tool with rows of spikes or discs, dragged over ploughed soil to break it up.
  2. verb To deeply upset or torment someone.

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