Pest

//pɛst//

Synonyms for "pest" (143 found)

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Noun(2 words)
blighterbug

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Noun(2 words)
cussgadfly

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2 entries

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distinct from

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Translations

111 translations across 41 languages.

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Armenian

3 entries
  • ուտիճ noun (destructive insect)
  • վնասատու noun (destructive insect)
  • վնասատու կենդանի noun (destructive insect)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • шко́днік noun (destructive insect)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • вредител noun (destructive insect)
  • досадник noun (annoying person)
  • чума noun (plague)

Catalan

2 entries
  • pesta noun (plague)
  • plaga noun (plague)

Cornish

4 entries
  • mab an pla noun (annoying person)
  • myrgh an pla noun (annoying person)
  • pla noun (plague)
  • pla noun (destructive insect)

Danish

4 entries
  • pestilens noun (annoying person)
  • plage noun (annoying person)
  • plageånd noun (annoying person)
  • skadedyr noun (destructive insect)

Dutch

4 entries
  • lastpak noun (annoying person)
  • pest noun (plague)
  • pest noun (destructive insect)
  • plaag noun (plague)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kahjur noun (destructive insect)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kiusanhenki noun (annoying person)
  • kiusankappale noun (annoying person)
  • maanvaiva noun (annoying person)
  • tuhoeläin noun (destructive insect)

French

4 entries
  • moustique noun (annoying person)
  • nuisible noun (destructive insect)
  • peste noun (plague)
  • peste noun (destructive insect)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მავნებელი noun (destructive insect)

German

4 entries
  • Pest name (area of Budapest — see also Budapest)
  • Nervensäge noun (annoying person)
  • Pest noun (plague)
  • Quälgeist noun (annoying person)

Greek

4 entries
  • ζιζάνιο noun (annoying person)
  • λοιμός noun (plague)
  • μάστιγα noun (plague)
  • πανούκλα noun (plague)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • Pest name (area of Budapest — see also Budapest)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • meindýr noun (destructive insect)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pes noun (plague)

Irish

2 entries
  • crá croí noun (annoying person)
  • plá noun (plague)

Italian

1 entries
  • parassita noun (destructive insect)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • чу́ма noun (plague)
  • штеточина noun (destructive insect)

Marathi

1 entries
  • पेश्त name (area of Budapest — see also Budapest)

Māori

4 entries
  • kīrearea noun (destructive insect)
  • nanakia noun (annoying person)
  • orotā noun (destructive insect)
  • orotā noun (annoying person)

Navajo

1 entries
  • doo yildinii noun (annoying person)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • skadedyr noun (destructive insect)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • skadedyr noun (destructive insect)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries
  • پشته name (area of Budapest — see also Budapest)
  • خستهلق noun (plague)
  • طاعون noun (plague)

Persian

2 entries
  • آفت noun (destructive insect)
  • آگفت noun (destructive insect)

Plautdietsch

2 entries
  • Onjenieech noun (annoying person)
  • Ploag noun (annoying person)

Polish

4 entries
  • epidemia noun (plague)
  • insekt noun (destructive insect)
  • plaga noun (plague)
  • szkodnik noun (destructive insect)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • peste noun (plague)
  • peste noun (destructive insect)
  • peste noun (annoying person)

Romanian

1 entries
  • pestă noun (plague)

Russian

4 entries
  • вреди́тель noun (destructive insect)
  • вреди́тель noun (annoying person)
  • мор noun (plague)
  • парази́т noun (annoying person)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • errebiu noun (destructive insect)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • meaban noun (annoying person)
  • plàigh noun (plague)
  • plàigh noun (destructive insect)
  • plàigh noun (annoying person)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • dosadnjáković noun (annoying person)
  • dosàdnjāk noun (annoying person)
  • štetòčina noun (destructive insect)
  • štȅtnīk noun (destructive insect)

Spanish

4 entries
  • moscardón noun (annoying person)
  • peste noun (plague)
  • peste noun (destructive insect)
  • pestilencia noun (plague)

Swedish

2 entries
  • pest noun (plague)
  • skadedjur noun (destructive insect)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • angol noun (plague)
  • taping noun (plague)

Turkish

2 entries
  • Peşte name (area of Budapest — see also Budapest)
  • haşere noun (destructive insect)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • шкідни́к noun (destructive insect)

Volapük

4 entries
  • dämabanim noun (destructive insect)
  • dämabanimil noun (destructive insect)
  • dämabanäsäk noun (destructive insect)
  • dämabaplan noun (destructive insect)

Walloon

1 entries
  • pesse noun (plague)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Get off me you little pest!

Source: tatoeba (327272)

He's the pest that, on last month's class-help day, escaped leaving me with all the work.

Source: tatoeba (327785)

Dammit, that pest Nagisa, she really went and snitched on me to the teachers.

Source: tatoeba (328234)

Don't be a pest!

Source: tatoeba (434660)

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