nag

nörgeln, ständig ermahnen

Jemanden durch ständiges Klagen oder wiederholte Aufforderungen zu etwas nerven.

In einfachem Englisch: To keep complaining to someone or asking them to do something, in an annoying way.

• Please stop nagging me.
• She nagged him to clean his room.
• Do your parents nag you about homework?

So benutzt man es: nag someone about something (He keeps nagging me about the dishes.); nag someone to do something (My dad nagged me to finish my homework.)

Synonyme: pester, badger

Häufige Wendungen: nag someone about something, nag someone to tidy, stop nagging, nag at someone

plagen, quälen

Als Gedanke oder Erinnerung jemanden immer wieder beunruhigen und sich schwer vergessen lassen.

In einfachem Englisch: If a thought or memory does this, it keeps worrying you and is hard to forget.

• That question still nags me.
• The memory nagged at him all day.
• Doubts about her decision continued to nag her.

So benutzt man es: something nags at someone (A doubt about the plan nagged at her.)

Synonyme: trouble, bother, haunt

Häufige Wendungen: nag at someone, doubts nag someone