fastidiar
verbCEFR B1
What does “fastidiar” mean in English?
to annoy, to be a nuisance that
to annoy, to be a nuisance that (me fastidia que + subjunctive — gustar-type)
Example sentences
Me fastidia enormemente que siempre haya alguien que llegue tarde y retrase toda la reunión.
It annoys me enormously that there's always someone who arrives late and delays the whole meeting.
¡Vaya, que llueva hoy justo nos ha fastidiado los planes del picnic que teníamos!
Great, the rain today has completely ruined our picnic plans!
¿A vosotros no os fastidia que tengamos que trabajar el sábado cuando se suponía que era festivo?
Doesn't it bother you all that we have to work on Saturday when it was supposed to be a holiday?
How to use it
Fastidiar (gustar-type) means 'to annoy' or 'to be a nuisance that'. Like molestar, it takes indirect object + fastidiar + que + subjunctive: 'Me fastidia que nunca escuchen'. It is slightly more colloquial than molestar. Fastidiar also has a second meaning: 'to ruin' or 'to wreck' (something): '¡La lluvia nos ha fastidiado el picnic!' — in this sense it is transitive with a direct object, not gustar-type.
Common mistake
Fastidiar has two clearly different uses: (1) gustar-type emotion trigger — 'me fastidia que + subjunctive'; (2) transitive ruin/wreck — 'han fastidiado los planes'. Do not confuse them. In the emotion sense, fastidiar always takes the indirect object + que + subjunctive. In the ruin sense, it takes a direct object and no que-clause.