plague

atormentar, acosar

Causar problemas, dolor o preocupación una y otra vez.

En inglés sencillo: To keep causing someone or something problems, pain, or worry.

• Doubts plague him every day.
• Technical problems plagued the new website.
• She kept plaguing me with questions about the trip.

Cómo se usa: be plagued by something (The project was plagued by delays.); be plagued with something (She was plagued with doubts.)

Sinónimos: trouble, bother, torment

Expresiones frecuentes: plague someone, plague a project, plague someone with questions

azotar, afligir

Hacer sufrir a las personas por una enfermedad o un desastre.

En inglés sencillo: To cause people to suffer from a disease or disaster.

• Disease plagued the village.
• Repeated droughts have plagued the region for years.
• The settlers were plagued by fever throughout the winter.

Cómo se usa: be plagued by something (The region was plagued by famine.)

Sinónimos: afflict, ravage

Expresiones frecuentes: plague a region, plague a community

peste

Enfermedad grave causada por bacterias, a menudo transmitida por pulgas, que puede matar a las personas.

En inglés sencillo: A serious disease caused by bacteria, often spread by fleas, that can kill people.

• Plague spread through the town.
• Many people died of plague during the outbreak.
• The doctor suspected that the patient had plague.

Sinónimos: bubonic plague

Expresiones frecuentes: bubonic plague, plague outbreak, die of plague

plaga

Cantidad extraordinariamente grande de insectos o animales que causan daños en un lugar.

En inglés sencillo: An unusually large number of insects or animals that damage a place.

• A plague of mice ruined the grain.
• Farmers faced a plague of locusts last summer.
• The island suffered another insect plague.

Cómo se usa: a plague of something (A plague of locusts destroyed the wheat.)

Sinónimos: infestation

Expresiones frecuentes: plague of locusts, plague of rats, insect plague

calamidad, azote

Desastre o situación perjudicial que afecta a muchas personas, a veces considerado un castigo de Dios.

En inglés sencillo: A disaster or harmful condition that affects many people, sometimes understood as punishment from God.

• Famine became a plague upon the land.
• They believed the drought was a plague sent by God.
• The story describes ten plagues that struck an ancient kingdom.

Cómo se usa: a plague of something (The country suffered a plague of violence.)

Sinónimos: scourge, calamity, affliction

Expresiones frecuentes: terrible plague, plague upon someone, plague of violence

fastidio, molestia

Persona o cosa que causa mucha irritación o problemas.

En inglés sencillo: A person or thing that causes great annoyance or trouble.

• That boy is a plague.
• Her endless questions became a plague to the whole household.
• These noisy visitors are a real plague.

Cómo se usa: a plague to someone (That noisy boy is a plague to his neighbours.)

Sinónimos: nuisance, pest, bother

Expresiones frecuentes: a real plague, plague to someone