turbamulta

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin turba (“crowd”) +‎ multa (“much”). Compare Spanish turbamulta.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tuʁ.baˈmuw.tɐ/ [tuɦ.baˈmuʊ̯.tɐ]

• (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

Noun

turbamulta f (plural turbamultas)

1. swarm (a mass of people or animals in turmoil)

   Synonyms: multidão, enxame, turba, turbilhão, tropel, roda-viva, barafunda

Spanish

FWOTD – 19 October 2024

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.?

Latin turbablend.

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós

Proto-Italic *moltos

Latin multusblend.

Spanish turbamulta

Borrowed from Latin turba multa (literally “much crowd”). Compare Portuguese turbamulta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuɾbaˈmulta/ [t̪uɾ.β̞aˈmul̪.t̪a]

Noun

turbamulta f (plural turbamultas)

1. (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^[1]:

     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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10