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Meanings of bother in English

Portuguese
contrariedade
Catalan
enutjament
Spanish
molestia

Something which annoys.

      contrariedade
      Catalan
      lata
      Spanish
      lata

      An angry disturbance.

            lata
            Portuguese
            importunar
            Catalan
            amoïnar
            Spanish
            provocar

            To make someone rather angry or impatient; to cause annoyance.

                importunar
                Portuguese
                incomodar
                Catalan
                amoïnar
                Spanish
                fastidiar

                To cause inconvenience or discomfort to.

                      incomodar
                      Usage of bother in English
                      1
                      It's the increasing number of extreme weather events that directly bother pets.
                      Independent.ie
                      2
                      They probably won't even bother to question her, she's so far gone.
                      Catching Fire
                      3
                      The emissary didn't bother to wait for an answer to his question.
                      Shadow prowler
                      4
                      Strictly speaking, I should not have used the word 'bother', should I?
                      The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution
                      5
                      I'm sorry to bother you, but I need to ask you something.
                      Keeper: one house, three generations, and a journey into alzheim...
                      6
                      That icy water doesn't seem to bother them a bit, Lisa said.
                      Down river
                      7
                      Fewer still bother to visit the college or talk to current students.
                      The Irish Times
                      8
                      A lot of young people won't bother voting in the forthcoming election.
                      The Guardian
                      9
                      The question was so rhetorical that Stormgren didn't bother to answer it.
                      The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
                      10
                      Zuckerberg didn't have a good answer, though that didn't bother him much.
                      The facebook effect: the inside story of the company that is con...
                      11
                      It's worth asking whether the green deal is worth all the bother.
                      Reuters
                      12
                      She didn't bother going home first, as it was already late afternoon.
                      Ahsoka
                      13
                      Some 60 per cent of the electorate did not bother to vote.
                      The Irish Times
                      14
                      There's a new directive they didn't bother to tell us about before.
                      The Forever War
                      15
                      Vaylo did not bother to point out the two problems with this.
                      Watcher of the Dead
                      16
                      Jenny didn't bother to answer, just clicked off and got to work.
                      You can't stop me
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                      Translations for bother
                      Bother through the time
                      Bother across language varieties
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                      Common
                      United States of America
                      Common
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