Pest

Pest  (pst, psht)

A former town of north-central Hungary on the left bank of the Danube River. Since 1873 it has been part of Budapest.

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pest  (pst)

n.

1. An annoying person or thing; a nuisance.

2. An injurious plant or animal, especially one harmful to humans.

3. A deadly epidemic disease; a pestilence.

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[French peste, pestilence, from Old French, from Latin pestis.]

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pest [pɛst]

n

1. a person or thing that annoys, esp by imposing itself when it is not wanted; nuisance

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture)

a.  any organism that damages crops, injures or irritates livestock or man, or reduces the fertility of land

b.  (as modifier) pest control

3. (Medicine / Pathology) Rare an epidemic disease or pestilence

[from Latin pestis plague, of obscure origin]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	pest - a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal pestilence, pestis, plague epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people bubonic plague, glandular plague, pestis bubonica - the most common form of the plague in humans; characterized by chills, prostration, delirium and the formation of buboes in the armpits and groin; does not spread from person to person plague pneumonia, pneumonic plague, pulmonic plague - a rapidly progressive and frequently fatal form of the plague that can spread through the air from person to person; characterized by lung involvement with chill, bloody expectoration and high fever septicemic plague - an especially dangerous and generally fatal form of the plague in which infecting organisms invade the bloodstream; does not spread from person to person
	2.	pest - any epidemic disease with a high death rate pestilence, plague epidemic disease - any infectious disease that develops and spreads rapidly to many people
	3.	pest - a persistently annoying person       blighter, cuss, gadfly, pesterer nudnick, nudnik - (Yiddish) someone who is a boring pest persecutor, tormenter, tormentor - someone who torments
	4.	pest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides" animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement vermin - any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats; "cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin"; "he examined the child's head for vermin"; "boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin"

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pest

noun

1. infection, bug, insect, plague, epidemic, blight, scourge, bane, pestilence, gogga (S. African informal) all kinds of pests like flies and mosquitoes bacterial fungal and viral pests of the plants themselves

2. nuisance, bore, trial, pain (informal), drag (informal), bother, irritation, gall, annoyance, bane, pain in the neck (informal), pain in the arse (taboo informal), vexation, thorn in your flesh My neighbour's a real pest.

Translations

pest [pest]

A. N

1. (Zool) → plaga f; (= insect) → insecto m nocivo; (= animal) → animal m dañino, animal m nocivo

2. (fig) (= person) → pelma mf (Sp) , pelmazo/a m/f (Sp) , fregón/ona m/f (LAm) ; (= thing) → lata f, fastidio m
what a pest that child is! → ¡cómo me fastidia ese niño!
it's a pest having to go → es una lata tener que ir

B. CPD pest control N → lucha f contra las plagas de insectos y ratas
pest control officer N → funcionario/a m/f del departamento de lucha contra plagas de insectos y ratas

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pest [ˈpɛst] n

(= insect, animal) → ravageur m
crops which are resistant to pests and diseases → des cultures résistant aux ravageurs et aux maladies

(= annoying person) → peste f
to be a pest → être une peste
He's a real pest! → C'est une vraie peste!
pest control n

(= killing of foxes, rats, mice) → lutte f contre les nuisibles
Hunting is not only about pest control → La chasse n'est pas seulement une question de lutte contre les nuisibles.

(= killing of insects, slugs) → lutte f contre les ravageurs insect pest control, pest control department, pest control officer
pest control department n → service m de lutte contre les nuisibles
pest control officer n → préposé(e) m/f à la lutte contre les nuisibles

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pest

n

(Zool) → Schädling m; pest control → Schädlingsbekämpfung f

(fig) (= person) → Nervensäge f; (= thing) → Plage f; sex pest → (lästige) Sexbestie

(obs: = plague) → Pest f, → Pestilenz f (old)

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pest [pɛst] n

a. (Zool) → insetto ( or animale m ) nocivo

b. (fig) (person) → peste f; (thing) → rottura

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pest [pɛst] n

a. (Zool) → insetto ( or animale m ) nocivo

b. (fig) (person) → peste f; (thing) → rottura

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pest

n pest [pest]

1 a creature that is harmful or destructive, eg a mosquito, a rat etc. plaag وَباء، طاعون вредител škůdce skadedyr die Plage επιβλαβές ζώο ή φυτό animal/insecto nocivo; plaga kahjur آفت؛ حشره موذی tuhoeläin animal/insecte nuisible מַזִיק हानिकारक जीव štetočin,gamad kártevő hama skaðvaldur, plága parassita, (animale nocivo) 害虫 해충 kenkėjas parazīts, kaitēklis perosak ongedierte skadedyr/-insekt szkodnik praga dău­nă­tor вредитель škodca golazen štetočina skadedjur สัตว์รบกวน zararlı yaratık 害蟲 шкідлива комаха; паразит نقصان پہنچانے والے جانور loài phá hoại 害虫

2 a troublesome person or thing He is always annoying me – he is an absolute pest! pes شَخْصٌ مُزْعِج напаст otrava (člověk) plage; pestilens der Plagegeist μπελάς, πληγή pelma, pesado (persona); lata, rollo (cosa) nuhtlus مزاحم kiusanhenki peste “נוּדנִיק” कष्टकर व्यक्ति gnjavator,napast nyűg pengganggu (algjör) plága peste 厄介物 귀찮은 사람 įkyruolis neciešams cilvēks; gatavā nelaime pengacau lastpost plage(ånd) utrapienie, zaraza peste pacoste надоеда; бич otrava (o človeku) nadloga napast plågoris, otyg ผู้รบกวน baş belâsı, musibet 討厭的人(或物) надокучлива людина, кровосос پريشان کن kẻ quấy rầy 讨厌的人（或物）

n pesticide [-tisaid]

a substance that kills animal and insect pests. plaagdoder مُبيد للحَشَرات пестицид pesticid pesticid; sprøjtegift das Pestizid εντομοκτόνο, ζιζανιοκτόνο pesticida pestitsiid آفت کش؛ حشره کش tuholaismyrkky pesticide, insecticide חוֹמֶר הַדבָּרָה कीटनाशक sredstvo za uništavanje kukaca féregirtó szer pestisida skordÿraeitur/-eyðir pesticida, insetticida 殺虫剤 살충제 pesticidas pesticīds racun perosak verdelgingsmiddel plantevern-/insektmiddel pestycyd pesticida pesticid, insecticid пестицид pesticíd sredstvo zoper mrčes pesticid pesticid ยาฆ่าแมลง böcek ilacı 殺蟲劑 пестицид کيڑے مارنے والي دوا thuốc trừ sâu 杀虫剂

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Pest → وباء otrava skadedyr Plage μάστιγα plaga maanvaiva animal nuisible nametnik insetto nocivo 害虫 귀찮은 사람 lastpost plage szkodnik infestação, peste надоеда pest คนหรือสัตว์ที่รบกวน baş belası kẻ quấy rầy 害虫