How do you say “to pester” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say bacela, bassina, destorba, foutimasseja, garceja, impourtuna. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | bacela, bassina, destorba, foutimasseja, garceja, impourtuna, pegouteja, secuta, tarabasteja, tarabusta, tartifleja, tavaneja, turlupina |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
bacela
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to beat, to pester, to hit; to strike; to slap |
bassina
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pester |
destorba
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pester, to disrupt, to disturb |
foutimasseja
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pester |
garceja
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pester |
impourtuna
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pester |
pegouteja
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pester |
secuta
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to harass, to pester, to follow insistently; to obsess; to solicit; to dog; to track |
tarabasteja
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pester, to make a racket, to come and go |
tarabusta
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pester |
tartifleja
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pester; to tease |
tavaneja
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pester, to be annoyed, to hover around |
turlupina
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to pester |