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estorbar.

to obstruct, hinder, impede

8 characters3 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/estoɾˈbaɾ/[es.t̪oɾˈβ̞aɾ]
  1. to obstruct, hinder, impede

    transitive
  2. to bother, annoy, disturb

    transitive
  3. to be in the way

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.? Latin turba Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin turbō Latin disturbō Old Spanish destorvar? Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- ▲ Latin turbō Latin exturbō? Old Spanish estorvar Spanish estorbar Inherited from Old Spanish estorvar, probably from earlier destorvar, from Latin disturbāre (“to disturb”), or less likely from Latin exturbāre (“drive out”). Compare Portuguese estorvar, also Catalan destorbar, Occitan destorbar, Old French destorbar. Possibly a doublet of disturbar, a borrowing.

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