disturbare

disturb

(dare fastidio a) bother

(sconvolgere) upset

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disturbare v.tr.

1 to disturb; (infastidire) to trouble; (seccare) to bother, to annoy: non disturbarmi!, don't bother me!; disturbo?, am I disturbing you?; non mi disturbate affatto, you're not troubling me at all; non volevo disturbarti mentre dormivi, I did not want to disturb you while you were sleeping; la musica disturbava la sua lettura, the music disturbed his reading; scusatemi se vi disturbo, sorry to bother you; se ciò non vi disturba, if it is not too much trouble for you; sono spiacente di disturbarvi tanto, I am sorry to give you so much trouble; ti disturbo qui?, am I in your way?

2 (sconvolgere) to upset*: ciò disturba i miei piani, it upsets (o interferes with) my plans

3 (indisporre) to upset*: qualcosa mi ha disturbato lo stomaco, something has upset my digestion; il viaggio in mare mi ha disturbato, the sea voyage upset me

4 (trasmissioni radio) to jam.

◘ disturbarsi v.rifl. to trouble (oneself), to take* the trouble (of doing o to do): non disturbarti a scrivere, don't trouble to write; non disturbatevi!, don't bother!: non disturbatevi a riaccompagnarmi a casa, don't bother about taking me back home; ma che bel regalo! non dovevi disturbarti, what a lovely present! you shouldn't have bothered; stia comodo, non si disturbi, please don't stand up (o please don't bother to get up).

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[distur'bare]

1. vt

(importunare) to disturb, trouble, bother, (portar scompiglio) to disturb, interrupt

disturbo? — am I disturbing you?

non vorrei disturbare — I don't want to be a nuisance

"non disturbare" — "do not disturb"

la disturba se fumo? — non mi disturba affatto — do you mind if I smoke? — no, I don't mind at all

2. vr (disturbarsi)

to bother, to put o.s. out

stia comodo, non si disturbi — please don't get up

non doveva disturbarsi! — you shouldn't have gone to all that trouble!

grazie del regalo, ma non dovevi disturbarti! — thank you for the present, but you shouldn't have!

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[distur'bare] 1.

verbo transitivo

1) (infastidire, molestare) [visitatore, telefono] to disturb, to bother [persona]

disturbo? — may I? am I disturbing you?

scusi se la disturbo — (I'm) sorry to bother o trouble you

disturbo se fumo? — do you mind if I smoke?

2) (provocare malessere) [alimento] to upset* [fegato, stomaco]; [rumore, fumo] to bother [persona]

3) (turbare, portare scompiglio)

disturbare l'ordine pubblico — to disturb the peace

4) rad. telev. to interfere with [ricezione]; to jam [segnali, trasmissione]

2.

verbo pronominale disturbarsi (incomodarsi)

non si disturbi, glielo porto — don't come out, I'll bring it over

non si disturbi! — please don't bother! please don't put yourself out!

non si disturbi per me — please don't go to any trouble o don't put yourself out on my account

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disturbare

/distur'bare/ [1]

I verbo transitivo

 1 (infastidire, molestare) [visitatore, telefono] to disturb, to bother [persona]; disturbo? may I? am I disturbing you? scusi se la disturbo (I'm) sorry to bother o trouble you; disturbo se fumo? do you mind if I smoke?

 2 (provocare malessere) [alimento] to upset* [fegato, stomaco]; [rumore, fumo] to bother [persona]

 3 (turbare, portare scompiglio) disturbare l'ordine pubblico to disturb the peace

 4 rad. telev. to interfere with [ricezione]; to jam [segnali, trasmissione]

II disturbarsi verbo pronominale

 (incomodarsi) non si disturbi, glielo porto don't come out, I'll bring it over; non si disturbi! please don't bother! please don't put yourself out! non si disturbi per me please don't go to any trouble o don't put yourself out on my account.