turbio
Spanish, adjective/ˈtuɾbjo/
turbio is spelled T-U-R-B-I-O (6 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 21,921st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turbio is a Spanish adjective meaning “turbid, cloudy, murky, muddy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de un líquido, lleno de impurezas que lo opacan”.
What does turbio mean in English?
adjective
- 1
turbid, cloudy, murky, muddy
- 2
murky (unclear)
- 3
messy (e.g., a messy divorce)
- 4
murky, shady, underhand, underhanded
- 5
slangdisturbing person or thing
re turbio
- 6
colloquialill-intentioned, malevolent
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de un líquido, lleno de impurezas que lo opacan. 2. Dicho del destino: incierto. 3. Dicho de un asunto: controversial, de dudosa moral o legitimidad. 4. Dicho del lenguaje o de la comunicación: incomprensible, ininteligible, confuso.
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 turbio
- turbia feminine
- turbios masculine plural
- turbias feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce turbio?
- /ˈtuɾbjo/
- [ˈt̪uɾ.β̞jo]
- [ˈt̪uɾβ̞jo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to turbio
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is turbio in Spanish?
turbio appears 2.1 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).