English–Spanish
“pest” in Spanish
How to say “pest” in Spanish
“Pest” in Spanish is plaga.
Rats swarming through a grain store.
Example sentences with plaga
Una plaga de mosquitos impide dormir en verano.
A mosquito infestation makes it impossible to sleep in summer.
Tips for using plaga
- Plaga is the normal term for insect or rodent infestations, whereas contagious disease more often uses peste or epidemia, and that difference affects the appropriate English rendering.
Other Spanish words for “pest”
Esa alimaña dañó la cosecha.
That pest damaged the crop.