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perturbar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • agitate verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
  • disrupt verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
  • disturb verb To interrupt someone's peace, quiet, or concentration.
  • perturb verb To cause (something) to be physically disordered or disturbed; to cause confusion.

Senses

perturbar is used for these senses in English:

  • disrupt (transitive) To throw into confusion or disorder.
  • disturb (transitive) to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
  • perturb To disturb; to bother or unsettle.

agitate — full definition

  1. verb To make someone anxious, upset, or unsettled.
  2. verb To shake or stir something with force.
  3. verb To campaign publicly and persistently for a political or social cause.

disrupt — full definition

  1. verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
  2. verb To radically change an industry or market by introducing a better or cheaper way of doing things.

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