alborotar

v.

1 to disturb, to unsettle.

el viento le alborotó el pelo the wind messed up her hair

2 to be rowdy.

¡niños, no alborotéis! calm down, children!

3 to agitate, to bestir, to disturb, to brawl.

Ricardo alborota al grupo Richard agitates the group.

4 to enthuse.

María alborotó a las chicas y se fueron Mary enthused the girls and they left

5 to flurry, to confuse by haste.

Ricardo alborotó al grupo malévolamente Richard flurried the group malevolently.

6 to rustle, to make rustle.

El viento alborota los campos de maíz The wind rustles the corn fields.

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alborotar

► verbo transitivo

1 (agitar) to agitate, excite

2 (desordenar) to make untidy, turn upside down

3 (sublevar) to incite to rebel

► verbo intransitivo

1 to make a racket

► verbo pronominal alborotarse

1 (excitarse) to get excited

2 (el mar) to get rough

3 (alarmarse) to be alarmed

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1.

VT (=agitar) to disturb, agitate; (=amotinar) to incite to rebel; (=excitar) to excite

2.

VI to make a racket, make a row

3.

See:

alborotarse

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1.

verbo intransitivo to make a racket

2.

alborotar vt

a) (agitar) to agitate, get ... agitated; (excitar) to get ... excited

b) <muchedumbre> to stir up

3.

alborotarse v pron

1)

a) (agitarse) to get agitated o upset; (excitarse) to get excited

b) (amotinarse) to riot

2) mar to get rough

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= stir up, dishevel, riot, incite.

Ex. The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.

Ex. They will hurt, humiliate and dishevel the average gamer through bending and breaking the rules of online games.

Ex. About 20000 workers rioted over high food prices and low wages on Saturday close to the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, police said.

Ex. It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.

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* alborotar el cotarro = make + trouble.

* alborotar el gallinero = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* alborotar el palomar = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

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1.

verbo intransitivo to make a racket

2.

alborotar vt

a) (agitar) to agitate, get ... agitated; (excitar) to get ... excited

b) <muchedumbre> to stir up

3.

alborotarse v pron

1)

a) (agitarse) to get agitated o upset; (excitarse) to get excited

b) (amotinarse) to riot

2) mar to get rough

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= stir up, dishevel, riot, incite.

Ex: The goal of this guidebook is to help writers activate their brains to stir up more and better ideas and details.

Ex: They will hurt, humiliate and dishevel the average gamer through bending and breaking the rules of online games.

Ex: About 20000 workers rioted over high food prices and low wages on Saturday close to the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, police said.

Ex: It is illegal to operate websites inciting terrorism under the Terrorism Act.

* alborotar el cotarro = make + trouble.

* alborotar el gallinero = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

* alborotar el palomar = set + the cat among the pigeons, put + the cat among the pigeons.

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alborotar [A1 ]

vi

to make a racket

■ alborotar

vt

1 (agitar) to agitate, get … agitated; (excitar) to get … excited

alborota al resto de la clase he causes trouble among the rest of the class

2 ‹muchedumbre› to incite, stir up

■ alborotarse

v pron

A

1 (agitarse) to get agitated o upset; (excitarse) to get excited

2 (amotinarse) to riot

B «mar» to get rough o choppy

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alborotar (conjugate alborotar) verbo intransitivo
to make a racket
verbo transitivo

a) (agitar) to agitate, get … agitated;

(excitar) to get … excited

b) ‹muchedumbre› to stir up

alborotarse verbo pronominal

a) (agitarse) to get agitated o upset;

(excitarse) to get excited

b) (amotinarse) to riot

alborotar
I verbo transitivo
1 (causar agitación) to agitate, work up
2 (revolver, desordenar) to make untidy, turn upside down
II vi (causar jaleo) to kick up a racket
'alborotar' also found in these entries:
English:
excite
- ruffle

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alborotar

♦ vt

1. [perturbar] to disturb, to unsettle;

Comp

Fam

alborotar el gallinero to stir things up, to put the cat among the pigeons;

en cuanto se habla de sueldos, se alborota el gallinero as soon as wages are mentioned, people get all worked up

2. [amotinar] to stir up, to rouse

3. [desordenar] to mess up;

el viento le alborotó el pelo the wind messed up her hair

♦ vi

to be rowdy;

¡niños, no alboroten! calm down, children!

♦ See also the pronominal verb alborotarse

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alborotar

I v/t

1 stir up

2 (desordenar) disturb

II v/i make a racket

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alborotar vt

1) : to excite, to agitate

2) : to incite, to stir up

♦ See also the reflexive verb alborotarse

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alborotar vb

1. (revolucionar) to stir up [pt. & pp. stirred]

Francisco alborota a toda la clase Francisco stirs up the whole class

2. (desordenar) to mess up

el viento me ha alborotado el pelo the wind's messed up my hair

3. (hacer ruido) to make a racket

procura que los niños no alboroten make sure the children don't make a racket