haunt

atormentar, obsesionar

Volver una y otra vez a la mente de alguien y causarle preocupación, tristeza o miedo.

En inglés sencillo: To keep returning to someone's mind and making them feel worried, sad, or afraid.

• That memory still haunts me.
• His mistake haunted him for years.
• Images of the accident continue to haunt her dreams.

Sinónimos: trouble, torment, plague

Expresiones frecuentes: haunt someone, haunt someone's dreams

rondar, embrujar

Dicho de un fantasma, aparecer a menudo en un lugar determinado.

En inglés sencillo: For a ghost, to appear often in a particular place.

• A ghost haunts the old house.
• They say her spirit haunted the castle.
• Do ghosts really haunt these empty rooms?

Expresiones frecuentes: haunt a house, haunt a castle

acosar, seguir

Seguir repetidamente a alguien o quedarse cerca de esa persona aunque no lo desee.

En inglés sencillo: To follow someone repeatedly or stay close to them in an unwanted way.

• A stranger haunted his steps.
• The detective haunted her wherever she went.
• He complained that reporters haunted him through the town.

Sinónimos: stalk, follow, shadow

Expresiones frecuentes: haunt someone, haunt someone's steps

lugar habitual, lugar frecuentado

Lugar al que alguien va a menudo o donde suele reunirse un grupo.

En inglés sencillo: A place that someone visits often or where a particular group is often found.

• This bar is his favourite haunt.
• We visited our old haunts last weekend.
• The park is a popular haunt of local students.

Cómo se usa: haunt of someone (The cafe is a favourite haunt of local writers.)

Sinónimos: hangout

Expresiones frecuentes: favourite haunt, old haunt