"bebother" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /bəˈbɑðɚ/ [General-American], /bəˈbɒðə/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bebother.wav [Southern-England] Forms: bebothers [present, singular, third-person], bebothering [participle, present], bebothered [participle, past], bebothered [past]
Etymology: be- (“thoroughly”) + bother Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|be|bother|t1=thoroughly}} be- (“thoroughly”) + bother Head templates: {{en-verb}} bebother (third-person singular simple present bebothers, present participle bebothering, simple past and past participle bebothered)
  1. (transitive) To bring trouble upon. Tags: transitive Translations (to bring trouble upon): vaivata (Finnish), olla vaivaksi (Finnish), besvära (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-bebother-en-verb-7QR7UTmx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-

Inflected forms

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