nag

dar la lata, fastidiar

Molestar a alguien con quejas continuas o pidiéndole una y otra vez que haga algo.

En inglés sencillo: To keep complaining to someone or asking them to do something, in an annoying way.

• Please stop nagging me.
• She nagged him to clean his room.
• Do your parents nag you about homework?

Cómo se usa: nag someone about something (He keeps nagging me about the dishes.); nag someone to do something (My dad nagged me to finish my homework.)

Sinónimos: pester, badger

Expresiones frecuentes: nag someone about something, nag someone to tidy, stop nagging, nag at someone

inquietar, atormentar

Dicho de un pensamiento o recuerdo, preocupar continuamente a alguien sin que pueda olvidarlo fácilmente.

En inglés sencillo: If a thought or memory does this, it keeps worrying you and is hard to forget.

• That question still nags me.
• The memory nagged at him all day.
• Doubts about her decision continued to nag her.

Cómo se usa: something nags at someone (A doubt about the plan nagged at her.)

Sinónimos: trouble, bother, haunt

Expresiones frecuentes: nag at someone, doubts nag someone