how to say “annoying” in Hebrew

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעצבן-1.m4a” /]מְעַצְבֵּן

The Hebrew word עצב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעצבן-2.m4a” /] means nerve, so that someone nervous is עצבני[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעצבן-3.m4a” /] (a male) or עצבנית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעצבן-4.m4a” /] (a female).

To get on someone’s nerves – to annoy – is the active-intensive לעצבן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעצבן-5.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעצבן-6.m4a” /]נראה לי שעצבנתי אותו.

I think I annoyed him.

How about annoying? That’s מעצבן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעצבן-1.m4a” /] and מעצבנת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעצבן-7.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/מעצבן-8.m4a” /]איזו פרסומת מעצבנת!

What an annoying commercial!