nag

harceler, bassiner

Agacer quelqu’un en se plaignant sans cesse ou en lui répétant de faire quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : nag someone about something (He keeps nagging me about the dishes.); nag someone to do something (My dad nagged me to finish my homework.)

Synonymes : pester, badger

Expressions courantes : nag someone about something, nag someone to tidy, stop nagging, nag at someone

tracasser, tourmenter

Pour une pensée ou un souvenir, inquiéter sans cesse quelqu’un qui n’arrive pas à l’oublier.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : something nags at someone (A doubt about the plan nagged at her.)

Synonymes : trouble, bother, haunt

Expressions courantes : nag at someone, doubts nag someone