estorvar
Portuguese, verb/is.toʁˈva(ʁ)/
estorvar is spelled E-S-T-O-R-V-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese, the 119,611th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estorvar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hinder; to hamper (to delay or impede movement or progress)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fazer estorvo a”.
What does estorvar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hinder; to hamper (to delay or impede movement or progress)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. fazer estorvo a 2. ser um obstáculo a
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of estorvar
- estorvo first-person present singular
- estorvei first-person preterite singular
- estorvado participle past
- estorvares infinitive second-person singular
- estorvarmos first-person infinitive plural
- estorvardes infinitive plural second-person
- estorvarem infinitive plural third-person
- estorvando gerund
- estorvados masculine participle past
- estorvada feminine participle past
- estorvadas feminine participle past
- estorvas indicative present second-person
- estorva indicative present singular
- estorvamos first-person indicative plural
- estorvais indicative plural present
- estorvam indicative plural present
- estorvava first-person imperfect indicative
- estorvavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estorvar?
- Brazil /is.toʁˈva(ʁ)/
- Brazil [is.toɦˈva(h)]
- Brazil /es.toʁˈva(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estorvar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estorvar in Portuguese?
estorvar appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).