estorvar

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician-Portuguese estorvar, either from Latin exturbāre or from Old Galician-Portuguese destorvar, from disturbāre. Compare Spanish estorbar, Catalan and Occitan destorbar, Old French destorber.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /is.toʁˈva(ʁ)/ [is.toɦˈva(h)], /es.toʁˈva(ʁ)/ [es.toɦˈva(h)]
 

Verb[edit]

estorvar (first-person singular present estorvo, first-person singular preterite estorvei, past participle estorvado)

  1. (transitive) to hinder; to hamper (to delay or impede movement or progress)
    Synonyms: impedir, reter, entravar, atrapalhar

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