conturbar

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.?

Latin turba

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin turbō

Latin [Term?]

Latin conturbārelbor.

Portuguese conturbar

Learned borrowing from Latin conturbāre (“to disturb”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuʁˈba(ʁ)/ [kõ.tuɦˈba(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuʁˈba(ʁ)/ [kõ.tuɦˈba(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuɾˈba(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuʁˈba(ʁ)/ [kõ.tuʁˈba(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuɻˈba(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuɾˈbaɾ/ [kõ.tuɾˈβaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuɾˈbaɾ/ [kõ.tuɾˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kõ.tuɾˈba.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: con‧tur‧bar

Verb

conturbar (first-person singular present conturbo, first-person singular preterite conturbei, past participle conturbado)

1. to dismay, perturb

Conjugation

    Conjugation of conturbar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	conturbar
Personal	conturbar	conturbares	conturbar	conturbarmos	conturbardes	conturbarem
Gerund
	conturbando
Past participle
Masculine	conturbado			conturbados
Feminine	conturbada			conturbadas
Indicative
Present	conturbo	conturbas	conturba	conturbamos	conturbais	conturbam
Imperfect	conturbava	conturbavas	conturbava	conturbávamos	conturbáveis	conturbavam
Preterite	conturbei	conturbaste	conturbou	conturbamos1, conturbámos2	conturbastes	conturbaram
Pluperfect	conturbara	conturbaras	conturbara	conturbáramos	conturbáreis	conturbaram
Future	conturbarei	conturbarás	conturbará	conturbaremos	conturbareis	conturbarão
Conditional	conturbaria	conturbarias	conturbaria	conturbaríamos	conturbaríeis	conturbariam
Subjunctive
Present	conturbe	conturbes	conturbe	conturbemos	conturbeis	conturbem
Imperfect	conturbasse	conturbasses	conturbasse	conturbássemos	conturbásseis	conturbassem
Future	conturbar	conturbares	conturbar	conturbarmos	conturbardes	conturbarem
Imperative
Affirmative		conturba	conturbe	conturbemos	conturbai	conturbem
Negative (não)		não conturbes	não conturbe	não conturbemos	não conturbeis	não conturbem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• conturbado
• conturbativo

Related terms

• conturbação
• disturbar
• perturbar
• turvar

Further reading

• “conturbar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “conturbar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.?

Latin turba

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin turbō

Latin [Term?]

Latin conturbārelbor.

Spanish conturbar

Learned borrowing from Latin conturbāre (“to disturb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kontuɾˈbaɾ/ [kõn̪.t̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: con‧tur‧bar

Verb

conturbar (first-person singular present conturbo, first-person singular preterite conturbé, past participle conturbado)

1. to dismay, perturb

Conjugation

    Conjugation of conturbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			conturbar
gerund			conturbando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		conturbado		conturbada
		plural		conturbados		conturbadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	conturbo	conturbastú conturbásvos	conturba	conturbamos	conturbáis	conturban
	imperfect	conturbaba	conturbabas	conturbaba	conturbábamos	conturbabais	conturbaban
	preterite	conturbé	conturbaste	conturbó	conturbamos	conturbasteis	conturbaron
	future	conturbaré	conturbarás	conturbará	conturbaremos	conturbaréis	conturbarán
	conditional	conturbaría	conturbarías	conturbaría	conturbaríamos	conturbaríais	conturbarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	conturbe	conturbestú conturbésvos2	conturbe	conturbemos	conturbéis	conturben
	imperfect (ra)	conturbara	conturbaras	conturbara	conturbáramos	conturbarais	conturbaran
	imperfect (se)	conturbase	conturbases	conturbase	conturbásemos	conturbaseis	conturbasen
	future1	conturbare	conturbares	conturbare	conturbáremos	conturbareis	conturbaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		conturbatú conturbávos	conturbe	conturbemos	conturbad	conturben
	negative		no conturbes	no conturbe	no conturbemos	no conturbéis	no conturben

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• conturbador

Related terms

• conturbación
• disturbar
• perturbar
• turbar

Further reading

• “conturbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025