tèrbol

Meaning

1. cloudy, murky
2. unclear, vague
3. (slang) disturbing person or thing

Concepts

muddy

feculent

fly-by-night

indistinct

murk

murky

sallow

shady

turbid

laky

mirky

cloudy

☁️

roiled-up

Synonyms

dubtós

sospitós

Translations

turbio

boueux

nuageux

☁️

touffu

feccioso

torbido

☁️

troebel

troebele

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈtɛr.bul]

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: turbidus

Cognate with Occitan: trebolar

Cognate with French: troubler

Cognate with Occitan: trebol

Cognate with French: trouble

Cognate with Romanian: tulbure

In summary

Inherited from Old Catalan tèrbol, from Vulgar Latin *turbulus, probably an alteration of Latin turbidus, with influence from turbulentus. The current form of the Catalan word was likely influenced by the verb terbolar, from an earlier *torbolar, from a Vulgar Latin *turbulāre (cf. Occitan trebolar, French troubler). Compare Occitan trebol, French trouble, Romanian tulbure.