estorbar

From Old Galician-Portuguese estorvar, probably from the earlier destorvar, from Latin disturbāre, present active infinitive of disturbō[1], or less likely from Latin exturbō, exturbāre (“drive out”). Compare Portuguese estorvar, Spanish estorbar, also Catalan and Occitan destorbar, Old French destorbar. Possibly a doublet of disturbar, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): [estoɾˈβaɾ]

estorbar (first-person singular present estorbo, first-person singular preterite estorbei, past participle estorbado)

1. (transitive) to obstruct, hinder, impede
   • 1344, M. Lucas Alvarez & M. J. Justo Martín (eds.), Fontes documentais da Universidade de Santiago de Compostela. Pergameos da serie Bens do Arquivo Histórico Universitario (Anos 1237-1537). Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 192:

     que prometades a seer hy boo herdeyro et que me ajudedes et me non estoruedes

     that you promise to be hence a good heir and that you will help me and won't hinder me

2. (intransitive) to be in the way

• estorbo

• “destorvar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “estoru” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “estorbar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “estorbar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “estorbar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Old Spanish, probably from the earlier destorvar, from Latin disturbāre, present active infinitive of disturbō[1], or less likely from Latin exturbō, exturbāre (“drive out”). Compare Portuguese estorvar, also Catalan destorbar, Occitan destorbar, Old French destorbar. Possibly a doublet of disturbar, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /estoɾˈbaɾ/ [es.t̪oɾˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: es‧tor‧bar

estorbar (first-person singular present estorbo, first-person singular preterite estorbé, past participle estorbado)

1. (transitive) to obstruct, hinder, impede
2. (transitive) to bother, annoy
3. (intransitive) to be in the way

• dificultar
• obstruir

• “estorbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014