dokucz|yć

pf — dokucz|ać impf vi 1. (sprawić przykrość) to tease, to annoy

- powiedział to, żeby mi dokuczyć he said that just to annoy me

- dokuczali mu z powodu jego niskiego wzrostu they teased him because he was short

- koledzy mu dokuczali i przezywali go his schoolmates picked on him a. bullied him and called him names

2. (nękać) to torment

- dokuczały nam chmary muszek we were tormented a. plagued by swarms of little flies a. gnats

- w tym roku ostra zima dokuczyła wszystkim everyone felt the bitter winter this year

3. (doskwierać) [głód, pragnienie] to nag (komuś (at) sb); [samotność] to bother (komuś sb)

- od kilku dni dokucza mu serce/wątroba/reumatyzm his heart/liver/rheumatism has been bothering a. troubling him for several days