They importune their parents for money.
Source: tatoeba (306391)
Importune
//ɪmpɔɹˈtuːn//
Synonyms for "importune" (100 found)
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2 entriesderived
4 entriesmanner of
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16 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 12 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- досаждам verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- натрапвам се verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- предлагам се verb (to make improper proposals)
Finnish
3 entries- ahdistella verb (to make improper proposals)
- anella verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- udella verb (to harass with persistent requests)
Galician
2 entries- abafar verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- importunar verb (to harass with persistent requests)
German
2 entries- bedrängen verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- belästigen verb (to harass with persistent requests)
Kazakh
3 entries- жабысу verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- жармасу verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- мазасын алу verb (to harass with persistent requests)
Māori
2 entries- patete verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- unene verb (to harass with persistent requests)
Polish
1 entries- napraszać się verb (to harass with persistent requests)
Portuguese
2 entries- importunar verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- incomodar verb (to harass with persistent requests)
Russian
3 entries- домога́ться verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- надоеда́ть verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- приставать verb (to harass with persistent requests)
Spanish
2 entries- importunar verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- prostituirse verb (to make improper proposals)
Swedish
1 entries- besvära verb (to harass with persistent requests)
Turkish
3 entries- dadanmak verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- sıkboğaz etmek verb (to harass with persistent requests)
- üstelemek verb (to harass with persistent requests)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
To deliberate, be it but in slight matters, doth importune me.
Source: wiktionary
But I will no longer importune my young cousin.
Source: wiktionary
Gentlemen, importune me no farther, / For hovv I firmly am reſolu'd you knovv: / That is, not to beſtovv my yongeſt daughter, / Before I haue a husband for the elder: […]
Source: wiktionary
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