turbar
Spanish, verb/tuɾˈbaɾ/
turbar is a Spanish verb meaning “to confuse, cloud” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alterar o conmover el estado o curso natural de una cosa; descomponer o inmutar su orden o disposición”.
What does turbar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to confuse, cloud
- 2
to disturb, disrupt
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Alterar o conmover el estado o curso natural de una cosa; descomponer o inmutar su orden o disposición. 2. Sorprender o aturdir a uno, de modo que no acierte a hablar o a proseguir lo que estaba haciendo. 3. Interrumpir, violenta o molestamente, la quietud. 4. Variante de enturbiar.
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 turbar
- turbo first-person present singular
- turbé first-person preterite singular
- turbado participle past
- turbando gerund
- turbada feminine participle past
- turbados masculine participle past
- turbadas feminine participle past
- turbas indicative informal present
- turbás indicative informal present
- turba indicative present singular
- turbamos first-person indicative plural
- turbáis indicative plural present
- turban indicative plural present
- turbaba first-person imperfect indicative
- turbabas imperfect indicative second-person
- turbábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- turbabais imperfect indicative plural
- turbaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce turbar?
- /tuɾˈbaɾ/
- [t̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is turbar in Spanish?
turbar appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).