Meaning
to harass, bother
- to harass, annoy, or pester someone persistently
- to sexually harass or molest someone
In a sentence
Smettila di molestare tua sorella mentre sta studiando.
Stop bothering your sister while she is studying.
L'uomo è stato denunciato per aver molestato i passanti.
The man was reported for harassing passersby.
Nessuno dovrebbe sentirsi molestato sul posto di lavoro.
No one should feel harassed in the workplace.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| molestare | infinitive |
| molesto | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| molesti | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| molesta | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| molestiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| molestate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| molestano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| molestavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| molestavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| molestava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| molestavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| molestavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| molestavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| molestai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| molestasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| molestò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| molestammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| molestaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| molestarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| molesterò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| molesterai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| molesterà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| molesteremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| molesterete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| molesteranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| molesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| molesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| molesti | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| molestiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| molestiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| molestino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| molestassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| molestassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| molestasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| molestassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| molestaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| molestassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| molesterei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| molesteresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| molesterebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| molesteremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| molestereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| molesterebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| molesta | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| molestiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| molestate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| molestando | gerund |
| molestato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Regular -are verb conjugated with 'avere'.
- Can mean ordinary badgering/annoying as well as criminal or sexual harassment.