perturbo

See also: perturbó and perturbò

Esperanto

Etymology

perturbi (disturb) +‎ -o (action, result).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /perˈturbo/
  • Hyphenation: per‧tur‧bo

Noun

perturbo (accusative singular perturbon, plural perturboj, accusative plural perturbojn)

  1. disorder, disquiet, disturbance, interference, static, unrest
  2. perturbation (small change in any definable system)
  3. (medicine) disorder

Ido

Noun

perturbo (plural perturbi)

  1. perturbation (small change in any definable system)

Derived terms

Italian

Verb

perturbo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perturbare

Latin

Etymology

From per- (prefix meaning ‘by means of; through’) +‎ turbō (to agitate, disturb, unsettle, perturb; to upset).

Pronunciation

Verb

perturbō (present infinitive perturbāre, perfect active perturbāvī, supine perturbātum); first conjugation

  1. to confuse
  2. to disturb or perturb, trouble or alarm
    Synonyms: turbō, percieō, concieō, cieō, sollicitō, agitō, angō, concitō, disturbō, irrītō, stimulō, ēvertō, peragō, īnfestō, agō, moveō, versō, ūrō
    Antonym: cōnsōlor

Conjugation

Descendants

References

  • perturbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perturbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perturbo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to be nervous, embarrassed: perturbari, permoveri
    • to upset a person: alicuius mentem turbare, conturbare, perturbare
    • to lose one's composure; to be disconcerted: perturbari (animo)
    • to throw the state into confusion: rem publicam perturbare

Portuguese

Verb

perturbo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perturbar

Spanish

Verb

perturbo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of perturbar