estorbar

• estorvar (reintegrationist)

From Old Galician-Portuguese estorvar, probably from the earlier destorvar, from Latin disturbāre,^[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

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “destorvar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “estoru”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “estorbar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “estorbar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “estorbar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Spanish, probably from the earlier destorvar, from Latin disturbāre,^[1] or less likely from Latin 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, disturb
3. (intransitive) to be in the way

• dificultar
• obstruir

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