disturbar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.?

Latin turba

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin turbō

Latin disturbōlbor.

Spanish disturbar

Learned borrowing from Latin disturbāre.

Possibly doublet of estorbar, likely inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /distuɾˈbaɾ/ [d̪is.t̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: dis‧tur‧bar

Verb

disturbar (first-person singular present disturbo, first-person singular preterite disturbé, past participle disturbado)

1. to perturb

   Synonym: perturbar

2. to disrupt

   Synonym: desarreglar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of disturbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			disturbar
gerund			disturbando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		disturbado		disturbada
		plural		disturbados		disturbadas
		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	disturbo	disturbastú disturbásvos	disturba	disturbamos	disturbáis	disturban
	imperfect	disturbaba	disturbabas	disturbaba	disturbábamos	disturbabais	disturbaban
	preterite	disturbé	disturbaste	disturbó	disturbamos	disturbasteis	disturbaron
	future	disturbaré	disturbarás	disturbará	disturbaremos	disturbaréis	disturbarán
	conditional	disturbaría	disturbarías	disturbaría	disturbaríamos	disturbaríais	disturbarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	disturbe	disturbestú disturbésvos2	disturbe	disturbemos	disturbéis	disturben
	imperfect (ra)	disturbara	disturbaras	disturbara	disturbáramos	disturbarais	disturbaran
	imperfect (se)	disturbase	disturbases	disturbase	disturbásemos	disturbaseis	disturbasen
	future1	disturbare	disturbares	disturbare	disturbáremos	disturbareis	disturbaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		disturbatú disturbávos	disturbe	disturbemos	disturbad	disturben
	negative		no disturbes	no disturbe	no disturbemos	no disturbéis	no disturben

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

Related terms

• disturbio

Further reading

• “disturbar”, 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