Acosando (en. Stalking)

/akoˈsando/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishSpanish

verb

To pursue or annoy someone in a repetitive and harassing manner.

She felt uncomfortable because she was being harassed on the street.

Ella se sintió incómoda porque la estaban acosando en la calle.

To exert constant pressure on someone.

The salespeople were harassing customers to buy more.

Los vendedores estaban acosando a los clientes para que compraran más.

To insist on a conversation or interaction in an impertinent way.

I don't like being harassed with personal questions.

No me gusta que me acosen con preguntas personales.

It derives from the verb 'acosar', which comes from the Latin 'accusare', meaning 'to accuse' or 'to persuade'.

to harass someone

To pursue or annoy a person persistently.

acosar a alguien

to harass by messages

To send repetitive and unwanted messages to someone.

acosar por mensajes

harass

Action of continuously following or bothering someone.

acosar

harassment

Action of harassing, bothering, or pressuring someone.

hostigamiento

mobbing

Workplace or psychological harassment in the work environment.

mobbing

Harassment on social media.

I was receiving a lot of harassment messages on my networks; I felt harassed.

Estuve recibiendo muchos mensajes de acoso en mis redes, me sentí acosando.

Annoying insistence.

He harassed me to the point that I had to block his number.

Me acosó a tal punto que tuve que bloquear su número.