English → Arabic
bother in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- ʾazʿaja
- Arabizi
az3aj- Type
- verb
- Root
- ز ع ج
How to use it
"Bother" is used as a verb meaning to disturb or annoy someone. It can be followed by a direct object. In Arabic the common verb is أَزْعَجَ (ʾazʿaja).
Example sentences
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أَزْعَجَتْهُ الضَّوضاءُ.
ʾazʿajat-hu aḍ-ḍawḍāʾu.
The noise bothered him.
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لَا تُزْعِجْنِي الآنَ.
lā tuzʿij-nī al-ʾān.
Don't bother me now.
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هَلْ يَزْعَجُكَ هَذَا؟
hal yazʿajuka hādhā?
Does this bother you?
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Doesn't that bother you?
ألا يزعجك ذلك؟
Sorry to bother you, Tom.
آسف لإزعاجك يا توم.
Does it bother you if I smoke?
ألا تبالي إن دخنت؟
So why should Microsoft bother?
ما الذي يجعل ميكروسوفت تكلف نفسها هذا العناء إذاً؟
I didn't want Tom to bother me.
لم أكن أريد أن يزعجني توم.
So why should the EU even bother?
فلماذا يتعين على الاتحاد الأوروبي إذاً أن يكلف نفسه العناء؟
No one's really going to bother you."
ولا يضايقك أي أحد."
For how long will they bother to remain members?
ولكن إلى متى قد تكلف نفسها عناء الاستمرار في عضويته؟
I didn’t bother ask what these sessions were like or for.
لم أزعجه بالسؤال عن ماذا أو كيف تكون تلك الجلسات.
Engineer: Absolutely. Interviewer: You thought, "Oh, bother."
المهندس: تماما. الصحفي: و قلت، "يا أخي."
Think whatever you want. Just don't bother me with your thinking.
فكّر فيما تشاء. فقط لا تزعجني بتفكيرك.
It didn't bother me really that they didn't call, and it doesn't bother me even now.
لم يزعجني عدم إتصالهم وقتها, ولا يزعجني الآن.
Questions and answers
Can "bother" be used as a noun?
Yes, in informal English "bother" can mean a problem, but the Arabic noun is إزعاج (ʾizʿāj).
Is "bother" polite?
It can be neutral or slightly rude; use politely with "please", "please don’t bother me" → "لَطفًا لا تُزْعِجْنِي".
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