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estorbar.

to obstruct, hinder, impede

8 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb/estoɾˈbaɾ/[es̺.t̪oɾˈβ̞aɾ]/estɔɾˈbaɾ/[es̺.t̪ɔɾˈβ̞aɾ]
  1. to obstruct, hinder, impede

    transitive
  2. to be in the way

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese estorvar, probably from the earlier destorvar, from Latin disturbāre, or less likely from Latin exturbō, exturbāre (“drive out”). Compare Portuguese estorvar, Spanish estorbar, also Catalan and Occitan destorbar, Old French destorbar. Possibly a doublet of disturbar, a borrowing.

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