turbamulta
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin turba (“crowd”) + multa (“much”). Compare Spanish turbamulta.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /tuʁ.baˈmuw.tɐ/ [tuɦ.baˈmuʊ̯.tɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /tuɾ.baˈmuw.tɐ/ [tuɾ.baˈmuʊ̯.tɐ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /tuʁ.baˈmuw.tɐ/ [tuʁ.baˈmuʊ̯.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /tuɻ.baˈmuw.ta/ [tuɻ.baˈmuʊ̯.ta]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuɾ.bɐˈmul.tɐ/ [tuɾ.βɐˈmuɫ.tɐ]
- Hyphenation: tur‧ba‧mul‧ta
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin turba multa (literally “much crowd”). Compare Portuguese turbamulta.
Noun
turbamulta f (plural turbamultas)
- (colloquial) swarm, pack, rabble, mob
- 1662, Petrus de Conceptione, Soplos en defensa de la pura concepcion de nuestra Senora la Virgen María:
- Pues, Señor, quien ha de juzgar eſte pleyto entre eſtas dos turbamultas
- So then, Sir, who is to judge the case between these mobs
- 1891, Benito Pérez Galdós, Ángel Guerra:
- -Y para la turbamulta de asilados, refugiados, penitentes, o como se les quiera llamar, ¿habrá número limitado de plazas?
- "And as for the swarm of asylum seekers, refugees, penitents, or whatever they're called, will there be a cap on their numbers?"
- 1904, Pío Baroja, La lucha por la vida II:
- Había un público de cómicos, trasnochadores, coristas, prostitutas, subidos en coches simones, y una turbamulta de golfos y de mendigos.
- In the audience were comedians, night owls, choristers, prostitutes, fellows in [types of carriages], and a pack of hoodlums and beggars.
- 2015 August 1, “Muere una persona durante un saqueo a un supermercado en Venezuela”, in El País:
- La turbamulta se agolpó a las puertas del local para intentar hacerse de las escasas provisiones y los encargados decidieron cerrar.
- A crowd formed at the door of the shop, trying to get their hands on the scarce provisions, and the managers decided to close up.
Further reading
- “turbamulta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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