turbar

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: tur‧bar

Verb

turbar (first-person singular present turbo, first-person singular preterite turbei, past participle turbado)

  1. Alternative form of turvar

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish turbar, probably a borrowing from Latin turbāre.[1] Compare estorbar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuɾˈbaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: tur‧bar

Verb

turbar (first-person singular present turbo, first-person singular preterite turbé, past participle turbado)

  1. (transitive) to confuse, cloud
    Synonym: enturbiar
  2. (transitive) to disturb, disrupt

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983–1991) “turbar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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