turba
Spanish, noun
turba is spelled T-U-R-B-A (5 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 17,361st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turba is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “mob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of turbo. With an accent, turbá is a different word: “second-person singular voseo imperative of turbar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Combustible fósil formado de residuos vegetales acumulados en sitios pantanosos, de color pardo oscuro…”.
What does turba mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemob
noun
- 1
femininepeat
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of turbo
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
second-person singular voseo imperative of turbar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Combustible fósil formado de residuos vegetales acumulados en sitios pantanosos, de color pardo oscuro, aspecto terroso y poco peso. 2. Estiércol mezclado con carbón mineral y moldeado en forma de adobes, que se emplea como combustible en los hornos de ladrillos.
noun: 1. Muchedumbre de gente confusa y desordenada.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of turba
- turbas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to turba
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is turba in Spanish?
turba appears 3.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).