perturbar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English perturb, French perturber, Italian perturbare, Russian пертурбация (perturbacija), Spanish perturbar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perturˈbar/

Verb

perturbar (present tense perturbas, past tense perturbis, future tense perturbos, imperative perturbez, conditional perturbus)

1. (transitive, astronomy, social) to perturb, trouble, unsettle, throw into disorder, disturb

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perturbar

		present		past		future
infinitive		perturbar		perturbir		perturbor
tense		perturbas		perturbis		perturbos
conditional		perturbus
imperative		perturbez
adjective active participle		perturbanta		perturbinta		perturbonta
adverbial active participle		perturbante		perturbinte		perturbonte
nominal active participle	singular	perturbanto		perturbinto		perturbonto
	plural	perturbanti		perturbinti		perturbonti
adjective passive participle		perturbata		perturbita		perturbota
adverbial passive participle		perturbate		perturbite		perturbote
nominal passive participle	singular	perturbato		perturbito		perturboto
	plural	perturbati		perturbiti		perturboti

Derived terms

• perturbo (“perturbation”)
• perturbanta, perturbiva (“perturbing, disturbing”)

Descendants

• Esperanto: perturbi

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perturbāre.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.tuʁˈba(ʁ)/ [peh.tuɦˈba(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.tuɾˈba(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.tuʁˈba(ʁ)/ [peχ.tuʁˈba(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.tuɻˈba(ɻ)/

 

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

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

Verb

perturbar (first-person singular present perturbo, first-person singular preterite perturbei, past participle perturbado)

1. to perturb, to disturb

   Synonyms: amolar, encher o saco

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perturbar (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	perturbar
Personal	perturbar	perturbares	perturbar	perturbarmos	perturbardes	perturbarem
Gerund
	perturbando
Past participle
Masculine	perturbado			perturbados
Feminine	perturbada			perturbadas
Indicative
Present	perturbo	perturbas	perturba	perturbamos	perturbais	perturbam
Imperfect	perturbava	perturbavas	perturbava	perturbávamos	perturbáveis	perturbavam
Preterite	perturbei	perturbaste	perturbou	perturbamos1, perturbámos2	perturbastes	perturbaram
Pluperfect	perturbara	perturbaras	perturbara	perturbáramos	perturbáreis	perturbaram
Future	perturbarei	perturbarás	perturbará	perturbaremos	perturbareis	perturbarão
Conditional	perturbaria	perturbarias	perturbaria	perturbaríamos	perturbaríeis	perturbariam
Subjunctive
Present	perturbe	perturbes	perturbe	perturbemos	perturbeis	perturbem
Imperfect	perturbasse	perturbasses	perturbasse	perturbássemos	perturbásseis	perturbassem
Future	perturbar	perturbares	perturbar	perturbarmos	perturbardes	perturbarem
Imperative
Affirmative		perturba	perturbe	perturbemos	perturbai	perturbem
Negative (não)		não perturbes	não perturbe	não perturbemos	não perturbeis	não perturbem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:perturbar.

Related terms

• conturbar
• disturbar
• perturbação
• turvar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin perturbāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɾtuɾˈbaɾ/ [peɾ.t̪uɾˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: per‧tur‧bar

Verb

perturbar (first-person singular present perturbo, first-person singular preterite perturbé, past participle perturbado)

1. to perturb, to disturb, to bother

Conjugation

    Conjugation of perturbar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			perturbar
gerund			perturbando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		perturbado		perturbada
		plural		perturbados		perturbadas
		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	perturbo	perturbastú perturbásvos	perturba	perturbamos	perturbáis	perturban
	imperfect	perturbaba	perturbabas	perturbaba	perturbábamos	perturbabais	perturbaban
	preterite	perturbé	perturbaste	perturbó	perturbamos	perturbasteis	perturbaron
	future	perturbaré	perturbarás	perturbará	perturbaremos	perturbaréis	perturbarán
	conditional	perturbaría	perturbarías	perturbaría	perturbaríamos	perturbaríais	perturbarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	perturbe	perturbestú perturbésvos2	perturbe	perturbemos	perturbéis	perturben
	imperfect (ra)	perturbara	perturbaras	perturbara	perturbáramos	perturbarais	perturbaran
	imperfect (se)	perturbase	perturbases	perturbase	perturbásemos	perturbaseis	perturbasen
	future1	perturbare	perturbares	perturbare	perturbáremos	perturbareis	perturbaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		perturbatú perturbávos	perturbe	perturbemos	perturbad	perturben
	negative		no perturbes	no perturbe	no perturbemos	no perturbéis	no perturben

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of perturbar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive perturbar	dative	perturbarme	perturbarte	perturbarle, perturbarse	perturbarnos	perturbaros	perturbarles, perturbarse
	accusative	perturbarme	perturbarte	perturbarlo, perturbarla, perturbarse	perturbarnos	perturbaros	perturbarlos, perturbarlas, perturbarse
with gerund perturbando	dative	perturbándome	perturbándote	perturbándole, perturbándose	perturbándonos	perturbándoos	perturbándoles, perturbándose
	accusative	perturbándome	perturbándote	perturbándolo, perturbándola, perturbándose	perturbándonos	perturbándoos	perturbándolos, perturbándolas, perturbándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative perturba	dative	pertúrbame	pertúrbate	pertúrbale	pertúrbanos	not used	pertúrbales
	accusative	pertúrbame	pertúrbate	pertúrbalo, pertúrbala	pertúrbanos	not used	pertúrbalos, pertúrbalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative perturbá	dative	perturbame	perturbate	perturbale	perturbanos	not used	perturbales
	accusative	perturbame	perturbate	perturbalo, perturbala	perturbanos	not used	perturbalos, perturbalas
with formal second-person singular imperative perturbe	dative	pertúrbeme	not used	pertúrbele, pertúrbese	pertúrbenos	not used	pertúrbeles
	accusative	pertúrbeme	not used	pertúrbelo, pertúrbela, pertúrbese	pertúrbenos	not used	pertúrbelos, pertúrbelas
with first-person plural imperative perturbemos	dative	not used	perturbémoste	perturbémosle	perturbémonos	perturbémoos	perturbémosles
	accusative	not used	perturbémoste	perturbémoslo, perturbémosla	perturbémonos	perturbémoos	perturbémoslos, perturbémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative perturbad	dative	perturbadme	not used	perturbadle	perturbadnos	perturbaos	perturbadles
	accusative	perturbadme	not used	perturbadlo, perturbadla	perturbadnos	perturbaos	perturbadlos, perturbadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative perturben	dative	pertúrbenme	not used	pertúrbenle	pertúrbennos	not used	pertúrbenles, pertúrbense
	accusative	pertúrbenme	not used	pertúrbenlo, pertúrbenla	pertúrbennos	not used	pertúrbenlos, pertúrbenlas, pertúrbense

Related terms

• conturbar
• disturbar
• perturbación
• turbar

 

Further reading

• “perturbar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10