If someone tells you: Tú me molestas (too meh moh-leh-stahs) don”t panic, you”re not about to be slapped with a lawsuit. The person doesn”t mean you molest me. In Spanish molestar is not as strong a word as molest in English.

Molestar means to bother, to bug or upset someone. So Tú me molestas means basically you bug me. It can be meant either as a joke or a serious statement. How do you know which? Sense the tone.

The Spanish equivalent to to molest is abusar which is to abuse and in English is synanomous with to molest.

Labels: Level: Beginner, Spanish Vocabulary

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