disturb

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• Australian, Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɜːb/
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• Canada, General-American: /dɪˈstɝb/
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• South-Asia: /ɖɪsˈʈɜ(r)b/
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• South-Asia: /ˈɖɪsʈə(r)b/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)b
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S T ER1 B Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English destourben, from Anglo-Norman distourber and Old French destorber, from Latin disturbare, intensifying for turbare (“to throw into disorder”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH-, *(s)turH- (“to rotate, swirl, twirl, move around”).

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shqetësoj — confuse or irritate
• Southern Altai: тийер (tiyer) — confuse or irritate
• Southern Altai: булгаар (bulgaar) — confuse or irritate
• Armenian: խանգարել (xangarel) — confuse or irritate
• Armenian: անհանգստացնել (anhangstacʻnel) — confuse or irritate
• Azerbaijani: mane olmaq — confuse or irritate
• Belarusian: турбава́ць (turbavácʹ) — confuse or irritate
• Belarusian: мяша́ць (mjašácʹ) — confuse or irritate
• Belarusian: непако́іць (njepakóicʹ) — confuse or irritate
• Belarusian: трыво́жыць (tryvóžycʹ) — confuse or irritate
• Belarusian: перашкаджа́ць (pjeraškadžácʹ) — confuse or irritate
• Bulgarian: безпокоя (bezpokoja) — confuse or irritate
• Bulgarian: смущавам (smuštavam) — confuse or irritate
• Catalan: molestar — confuse or irritate
• Chinese Mandarin: 打擾 /打扰 (dǎrǎo) — confuse or irritate
• Czech: rušit — confuse or irritate
• Danish: forstyrre — confuse or irritate
• Dutch: storen — confuse or irritate
• Dutch: verstoren — confuse or irritate
• Esperanto: perturbi — confuse or irritate
• Finnish: häiritä — confuse or irritate
• Finnish: hämmentää — confuse or irritate
• Finnish: sekoittaa — confuse or irritate
• French: déranger — confuse or irritate
• French: perturber — confuse or irritate
• French: gêner — confuse or irritate
• German: stören — confuse or irritate
• Greek: ενοχλώ (enochló) — confuse or irritate
• Ancient Greek: ταράσσω (tarássō) — confuse or irritate
• Hebrew: הפריע (hifría) — confuse or irritate
• Hungarian: zavar — confuse or irritate
• Ido: trublar — confuse or irritate
• Irish: cuir isteach ar — confuse or irritate
• Italian: disturbare — confuse or irritate
• Japanese: 乱す (midasu) — confuse or irritate
• Korean: 방해하다 (banghaehada) — confuse or irritate
• Latin: turbō — confuse or irritate
• Latvian: traucēt — confuse or irritate
• Lithuanian: trukdyti — confuse or irritate
• Malay: ganggu — confuse or irritate
• Malay: kacau — confuse or irritate
• Malay: usik — confuse or irritate
• Māori: kaitorohi — confuse or irritate
• Māori: kautorohi — confuse or irritate
• Māori: whakahārangi — confuse or irritate
• Māori: ueue — confuse or irritate
• Māori: whakahīoi — confuse or irritate
• Māori: whakatōhenehene — confuse or irritate
• Classical Nahuatl: cuehzoa — confuse or irritate
• Classical Nahuatl: tolinia — confuse or irritate
• Norman: dêrangi — confuse or irritate
• Norwegian: forstyrre — confuse or irritate
• Old Turkic: 𐰉𐰆𐰞𐰍𐰀 (bulɣa-) — confuse or irritate
• Persian: مزاحم شدن — confuse or irritate
• Phoenician: 𐤓𐤂𐤆 (rgz) — confuse or irritate
• Polish: przeszkadzać — confuse or irritate
• Polish: niepokoić — confuse or irritate
• Portuguese: perturbar — confuse or irritate
• Romanian: deranja — confuse or irritate
• Russian: меша́ть (mešátʹ) — confuse or irritate
• Russian: беспоко́ить (bespokóitʹ) — confuse or irritate
• Russian: возмуща́ть (vozmuščátʹ) — confuse or irritate
• Russian: трево́жить (trevóžitʹ) — confuse or irritate
• Russian: смуща́ть (smuščátʹ) — confuse or irritate
• Scottish Gaelic: buair — confuse or irritate
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir dragh air — confuse or irritate
• Sikkimese: དཀྲུགས (dkrugs) — confuse or irritate
• Spanish: molestar — confuse or irritate
• Spanish: disturbar — confuse or irritate
• Spanish: conturbar — confuse or irritate
• Spanish: estorbar — confuse or irritate
• Spanish: importunar — confuse or irritate
• Swedish: störa — confuse or irritate
• Tagalog: gambala — confuse or irritate
• Tagalog: abala — confuse or irritate
• Tày: cảo xảo — confuse or irritate
• Tày: cảo na̱o — confuse or irritate
• Thai: รบกวน (róp-guuan) — confuse or irritate
• Turkish: rahatsız etmek — confuse or irritate
• Ottoman Turkish: بوزمق (bozmak) — confuse or irritate
• Ukrainian: турбува́ти (turbuváty) — confuse or irritate
• Ukrainian: міша́ти (mišáty) — confuse or irritate
• Ukrainian: триво́жити (tryvóžyty) — confuse or irritate
• Ukrainian: перешкоджа́ти (pereškodžáty) — confuse or irritate
• Ukrainian: непоко́їти (nepokójity) — confuse or irritate
• Vietnamese: làm phiền — confuse or irritate
• Vietnamese: quấy rầy — confuse or irritate
• Albanian: shqetësoj — have negative emotional impact
• Bulgarian: тревожа (trevoža) — have negative emotional impact
• Danish: forstyrre — have negative emotional impact
• Esperanto: angorigi — have negative emotional impact
• Finnish: järkyttää — have negative emotional impact
• Finnish: häiritä — have negative emotional impact
• French: perturber — have negative emotional impact
• French: déranger — have negative emotional impact
• Polish: martwić — have negative emotional impact
• Polish: zmartwić — have negative emotional impact
• Polish: niepokoić — have negative emotional impact
• Polish: zaniepokoić — have negative emotional impact
• Romanian: deranja — have negative emotional impact
• Russian: тревожить (trevožitʹ) — have negative emotional impact
• Russian: потревожить (potrevožitʹ) — have negative emotional impact
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir dragh air — have negative emotional impact
• Spanish: disturbar — have negative emotional impact