enturbiar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- ‎ turbio ‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /entuɾˈbjaɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪uɾˈβ̞jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧tur‧biar

Verb

enturbiar (first-person singular present enturbio, first-person singular preterite enturbié, past participle enturbiado)

1. to confuse

   Synonym: confundir

2. to cloud (a situation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enturbiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enturbiar
gerund			enturbiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enturbiado		enturbiada
		plural		enturbiados		enturbiadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enturbio	enturbiastú enturbiásvos	enturbia	enturbiamos	enturbiáis	enturbian
	imperfect	enturbiaba	enturbiabas	enturbiaba	enturbiábamos	enturbiabais	enturbiaban
	preterite	enturbié	enturbiaste	enturbió	enturbiamos	enturbiasteis	enturbiaron
	future	enturbiaré	enturbiarás	enturbiará	enturbiaremos	enturbiaréis	enturbiarán
	conditional	enturbiaría	enturbiarías	enturbiaría	enturbiaríamos	enturbiaríais	enturbiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enturbie	enturbiestú enturbiésvos2	enturbie	enturbiemos	enturbiéis	enturbien
	imperfect (ra)	enturbiara	enturbiaras	enturbiara	enturbiáramos	enturbiarais	enturbiaran
	imperfect (se)	enturbiase	enturbiases	enturbiase	enturbiásemos	enturbiaseis	enturbiasen
	future1	enturbiare	enturbiares	enturbiare	enturbiáremos	enturbiareis	enturbiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enturbiatú enturbiávos	enturbie	enturbiemos	enturbiad	enturbien
	negative		no enturbies	no enturbie	no enturbiemos	no enturbiéis	no enturbien

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of enturbiar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive enturbiar
	dative	enturbiarme	enturbiarte	enturbiarle, enturbiarse	enturbiarnos	enturbiaros	enturbiarles, enturbiarse
	accusative	enturbiarme	enturbiarte	enturbiarlo, enturbiarla, enturbiarse	enturbiarnos	enturbiaros	enturbiarlos, enturbiarlas, enturbiarse
with gerund enturbiando
	dative	enturbiándome	enturbiándote	enturbiándole, enturbiándose	enturbiándonos	enturbiándoos	enturbiándoles, enturbiándose
	accusative	enturbiándome	enturbiándote	enturbiándolo, enturbiándola, enturbiándose	enturbiándonos	enturbiándoos	enturbiándolos, enturbiándolas, enturbiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enturbia
	dative	entúrbiame	entúrbiate	entúrbiale	entúrbianos	not used	entúrbiales
	accusative	entúrbiame	entúrbiate	entúrbialo, entúrbiala	entúrbianos	not used	entúrbialos, entúrbialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enturbiá
	dative	enturbiame	enturbiate	enturbiale	enturbianos	not used	enturbiales
	accusative	enturbiame	enturbiate	enturbialo, enturbiala	enturbianos	not used	enturbialos, enturbialas
with formal second-person singular imperative enturbie
	dative	entúrbieme	not used	entúrbiele, entúrbiese	entúrbienos	not used	entúrbieles
	accusative	entúrbieme	not used	entúrbielo, entúrbiela, entúrbiese	entúrbienos	not used	entúrbielos, entúrbielas
with first-person plural imperative enturbiemos
	dative	not used	enturbiémoste	enturbiémosle	enturbiémonos	enturbiémoos	enturbiémosles
	accusative	not used	enturbiémoste	enturbiémoslo, enturbiémosla	enturbiémonos	enturbiémoos	enturbiémoslos, enturbiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enturbiad
	dative	enturbiadme	not used	enturbiadle	enturbiadnos	enturbiaos	enturbiadles
	accusative	enturbiadme	not used	enturbiadlo, enturbiadla	enturbiadnos	enturbiaos	enturbiadlos, enturbiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enturbien
	dative	entúrbienme	not used	entúrbienle	entúrbiennos	not used	entúrbienles, entúrbiense
	accusative	entúrbienme	not used	entúrbienlo, entúrbienla	entúrbiennos	not used	entúrbienlos, entúrbienlas, entúrbiense

Derived terms

• enturbiador
• enturbiamiento

 

Further reading

• “enturbiar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28