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Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese estorvo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Back-formation from estorbar.
Pronunciation
Noun
estorbo m (plural estorbos)
- obstacle, hindrance
- nuisance
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “estorvo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estoruo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estorbo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estorbo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Etymology 2
Verb
estorbo
- first-person singular present indicative of estorbar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈtoɾbo/
- Rhymes: -oɾbo
- Syllabification: es‧tor‧bo
Etymology 1
Deverbal from estorbar.
Noun
estorbo m (plural estorbos)
- obstacle
- Synonym: obstáculo
- nuisance
- Synonym: inconveniente
- impediment
- Synonym: impedimento
Etymology 2
Verb
estorbo
- first-person singular present indicative of estorbar
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish estorbo.
Pronunciation
Noun
estorbo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜊᜓ)
- hindrance; obstacle
- Synonyms: sagabal, hadlang, gambala
- nuisance
- Synonyms: panggulo, pambuwisit, abala
Derived terms
Further reading
- “estorbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018