estorbo

See also: estorbó

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese estorvo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria). Back-formation from estorbar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [esˈtɔɾβʊ]

Noun

estorbo m (plural estorbos)

1. obstacle, hindrance
2. nuisance

References

• “estorvo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “estoruo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “estorbo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “estorbo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Etymology 2

Verb

estorbo

1. first-person singular present indicative of estorbar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈtoɾbo/ [esˈt̪oɾ.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -oɾbo
• Syllabification: es‧tor‧bo

Etymology 1

Deverbal from estorbar.

Noun

estorbo m (plural estorbos)

1. obstacle

   Synonym: obstáculo

2. nuisance

   Synonym: inconveniente

3. impediment

   Synonym: impedimento

Etymology 2

Verb

estorbo

1. first-person singular present indicative of estorbar

Further reading

• “estorbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• istorbo — superseded, pre-2014
• storbo

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish estorbo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔesˈtoɾbo/, [ʔɛsˈtoɾ.bo]

• IPA^(key): /ʔisˈtoɾbo/, [ʔɪsˈtoɾ.bo] (colloquial)

• IPA^(key): /ˈstoɾbo/, [ʔɪsˈtoɾ.bo] (colloquial)
• Hyphenation: es‧tor‧bo

Noun

estorbo (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔ᜊᜓ)

1. hindrance; obstacle

   Synonyms: sagabal, hadlang, gambala

2. nuisance

   Synonyms: panggulo, pambuwisit, abala

Derived terms

• estorbohan
• estorbohin
• kaestorbohan
• maestorbo
• maestorbohan
• mang-estorbo
• pagkaestorbo

 

Further reading

• “estorbo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018