# estorbar
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* estorvar (reintegrationist)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [estoɾˈβaɾ]

### Verb

estorbar (first-person singular present estorbo, first-person singular preterite estorbei, past participle estorbado)
* (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
* (intransitive) to be in the way

#### Derived terms

* estorbo

### References

* 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: ILG
* 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
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “estorbar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, probably from the earlier destorvar, from Latin disturbāre, 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /estoɾˈbaɾ/ [es.t̪oɾˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: es‧tor‧bar

### Verb

estorbar (first-person singular present estorbo, first-person singular preterite estorbé, past participle estorbado)
* (transitive) to obstruct, hinder, impede
* (transitive) to bother, annoy, disturb
* (intransitive) to be in the way

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* estorbador
* estorboso

#### Related terms

* turbar

#### See also

* dificultar
* obstruir

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “estorbar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

### Further reading

* “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], 2024 December 10