Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 von Bettlern befallen
, 🇪🇸 infestar: infestado de mendigos
, 🇮🇹 infestare di mendicanti
, 🇵🇹 infestar com mendigos
, 🇨🇳 使某物满是昆虫或害虫
, 🇯🇵 昆虫や害虫であふれるようにする
, 🇰🇷 구걸자들로 가득 채우다
, 🇸🇦 مليء بالمتسولين
, 🇮🇳 भिखारियों से भरा हुआ
Definition
🇫🇷 infestée de mendiants
🇬🇧 infestée de mendiants
Usage Examples
Une maison infestée de rats. Cette rue est infestée de mendiants. _context": "Le verbe 'infester' est généralement utilisé pour décrire une situation où un lieu est rempli de choses nuisibles ou désagréables, comme des animaux nuisibles, des ordures, etc.
Etymology
Infester comes from Old French *infestre*, borrowed from Latin *infestāre* “to crowd with, to fill,” itself derived from *festus* meaning “full, crowded.” First attested in the 13th century, the verb originally described a place becoming swarmed or overrun—by people, insects, or other agents. By the 17th–18th centuries its meaning narrowed to “be infested with” (e.g., a town overrun by beggars), a figurative extension of the idea of being crowded or overfilled.
Synonyms
envahir
saturer
inonder
submerger
aggraver
affliger
envahir de
Antonyms
désinfester
purger
exterminer
éliminer
nettoyer