estorbar
Meaning
- (transitive) to obstruct, hinder, impede
- (transitive) to bother, annoy, disturb
- (intransitive) to be in the way
Concepts
be in the way
obstruc
interfere with
Synonyms
hablar mal
poner obstáculos
atajar el camino
amenzar
Translations
behindern
entraver
ostacolare
hinderen
impedir
destorbarFrequency
Hyphenated as
es‧tor‧bar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/estoɾˈbaɾ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Spanish, probably from the earlier destorvar, from Latin disturbāre, 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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