está molestando

is bothering

→ estar
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is bothering The person being bothered is often introduced with “a.” Spanish molestar usually means “to bother” or “to annoy,” not the narrower English meaning of “molest.”
SP: El ruido está molestando a los vecinos.
EN: The noise is bothering the neighbors.

¿La está molestando?

Is she bothering you?

— भाग मिल्खा भाग (2013)

Algo está molestando a Tom.

Something is bothering Tom.

«¿Por qué no me puede dejar tranquila Tom?»«¡Dile que te está molestando!»

“Why can’t Tom just leave me alone?” “Tell him he’s bothering you!”

¿Te está molestando Tom?

Is Tom bothering you?

Aleja a tu hermano, que nos está molestando.

Get your brother out of here; he’s bothering us.

Ahora me está molestando.

Now it's bothering me.

— Marty Supremo (2025)

¿Por qué está molestando a esa chica?

Why is he bothering that girl?

— M: El maldito (1931)

¡La señora de la bolsa otra vez está molestando a Roger!

The bag lady is bothering Roger again!

— Los Visitantes (1993)

Tom está molestando a Mary.

Tom is bothering Mary.

Justo ahora el ruido del movimiento los está molestando.

The noise from the movement is bothering them right now.

— Mi vecino Totoro (1988)

¿Tal vez mi olor los está molestando?

Maybe my smell is bothering them?

— El Auto De La Compadecida (2000)