From Old Swedish plagha, from Middle Low German plage, from Latin plaga (“plague, injury, wound”).
plåga c
- a pain, a plague, a torment
Han är en riktig plåga!
- He's a pain in the neck/ass!
plåga (present plågar, preterite plågade, supine plågat, imperative plåga)
- to torment, to torture
- (more generally, through figurative weakening) to cause significant pain or distress, to plague, to torment
Grannen plågade henne med hög musik vid fyratiden på morgonen
- Her neighbor tormented her with loud music at four in the morning