molestia

See also: moléstia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin molestia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈlɛ.stja/
• Rhymes: -ɛstja
• Hyphenation: mo‧lè‧stia

Noun

molestia f (plural molestie) (usually in the plural)

1. annoyance, bother, trouble

   Synonyms: fastidio, seccatura, disturbo, noia, tormento

2. (by extension, law) harassment
3. (by extension) breakup (termination of a romantic relationship)

   Synonyms: scocciatura, rottura

Usage notes

• This is a false friend of English molestation.

Related terms

• molestare

Anagrams

• mesilato, molestai, omelista, semolati, smielato

Latin

Etymology

From molestus (“troublesome”) +‎ -ia.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /moˈles.ti.a/, [mɔˈɫ̪ɛs̠t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /moˈles.ti.a/, [moˈlɛst̪iä]

Noun

molestia f (genitive molestiae); first declension

1. trouble, troublesomeness, irksomeness
2. uneasiness, annoyance
3. molestation
4. vexation, disgust, dislike

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	molestia	molestiae
Genitive	molestiae	molestiārum
Dative	molestiae	molestiīs
Accusative	molestiam	molestiās
Ablative	molestiā	molestiīs
Vocative	molestia	molestiae

Descendants

• Catalan: molèstia
• Italian: molestia
• Portuguese: moléstia
• Spanish: molestia

References

• “molestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “molestia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• molestia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• molestia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to weary, bore the reader: languorem, molestiam legentium animis afferre
    

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin molestia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈlestja/ [moˈles.t̪ja]
• Rhymes: -estja
• Syllabification: mo‧les‧tia

Noun

molestia f (plural molestias)

1. trouble, nuisance, inconvenience, bother

   perdona las molestias ― sorry for the inconvenience

2. discomfort (health-related or bodily pain)

Related terms

• molestar
• molesto
• molestoso

 

Further reading

• “molestia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16