Meaning
to disturb, to trouble, to haunt
In a sentence
Non voglio turbarti, ma devo dirti la verità.
I don't want to upset you, but I have to tell you the truth.
Ti ha turbato quella notizia di ieri?
Did that news from yesterday upset you?
Quel sogno continua a turbarmi ogni notte.
That dream keeps haunting me every night.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| turbare | infinitive |
| turbiamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| turbo | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| turbate | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| turbi | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| turbano | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| turba | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| turbavamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| turbavo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| turbavate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| turbavi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| turbavano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| turbava | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| turbammo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| turbai | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| turbaste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| turbasti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| turbarono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| turbò | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| turberemo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| turberò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| turberete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| turberai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| turberanno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| turberà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| turbiamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| turbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| turbiate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| turbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| turbino | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| turbi | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| turbassimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| turbassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| turbaste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| turbassi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| turbassero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| turbasse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| turberemmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| turberei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| turbereste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| turberesti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| turberebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| turberebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| turbiamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| turbate | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| turba | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| turbando | gerund |
| turbato | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Often stronger and more literary than disturbare; common for emotional upset, not everyday minor annoyance.
- Usually transitive: qualcosa turba qualcuno. Reflexive turbarsi means to get upset or agitated.
- In compound tenses, turbarsi takes essere: si è turbato/a. Agree the past participle with the subject.