turbio

Inherited from Latin turbidus. Doublet of túrbido.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɾbjo/ [ˈt̪uɾ.β̞jo]

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• Rhymes: -uɾbjo
• Syllabification: tur‧bio

turbio (feminine turbia, masculine plural turbios, feminine plural turbias)

1. turbid, cloudy, murky, muddy
2. (figuratively) murky (unclear)
3. (figuratively) messy (e.g., a messy divorce)
4. (figuratively) murky, shady, underhand, underhanded
5. (colloquial) disturbing
6. (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador) ill-intentioned, malevolent

• “turbio”, 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
• “turbio”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010

• torbio

From Latin turbidus. Compare Italian torbido.

turbio (feminine singular turbia, masculine plural turbi, feminine plural turbie)

1. turbid, cloudy