Polyglot Dictionary

distúrbio

/dʒisˈtuɾbju/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os distúrbios

Meaning

  1. disturbance

    • Houve um distúrbio.

      There was a disturbance.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

perturbação

distúrbio is more clinical or medical too, like "distúrbio do sono," a sleep disorder; perturbação is more general — both mean "disturbance."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

perturbación

perturbación is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "disturbance."

Practice

1 What does distúrbio mean?

2 Fill the gap: Houve um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches distúrbio?

noun

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