perturbar
Portuguese, verb/peʁ.tuʁˈba(ʁ)/
perturbar is spelled P-E-R-T-U-R-B-A-R (9 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perturbar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to perturb, to disturb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “alterar”.
What does perturbar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to perturb, to disturb
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. alterar 2. agitar 3. transtornar 4. envergonhar
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 perturbar
- perturbo first-person present singular
- perturbei first-person preterite singular
- perturbado participle past
- perturbares infinitive second-person singular
- perturbarmos first-person infinitive plural
- perturbardes infinitive plural second-person
- perturbarem infinitive plural third-person
- perturbando gerund
- perturbados masculine participle past
- perturbada feminine participle past
- perturbadas feminine participle past
- perturbas indicative present second-person
- perturba indicative present singular
- perturbamos first-person indicative plural
- perturbais indicative plural present
- perturbam indicative plural present
- perturbava first-person imperfect indicative
- perturbavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perturbar?
- Brazil /peʁ.tuʁˈba(ʁ)/
- Brazil [peh.tuɦˈba(h)]
- Portugal /pɨɾ.tuɾ.ˈbaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perturbar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perturbar in Portuguese?
perturbar appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).