turbo

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɜː.bəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɝ.boʊ/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bəʊ === Etymology 1 === From turbine. ==== Noun ==== turbo (countable and uncountable, plural turbos) (informal) A turbine. Clipping of turbocharger. Clipping of turbojet. Clipping of turbomolecular pump. ===== Derived terms ===== turbo broiler turbo mode === Etymology 2 === From turbocharged (“increased power”). Also figurative, from the action of a turbocharger, which increases the speed of an automobile through the increase in power of an engine. ==== Noun ==== turbo (plural turbos) (video games) Autofire. ==== Adjective ==== turbo (not comparable) (said of a poker tournament) With rapidly-increasing blind levels. (computing, video games) Causing or relating to increased speed. a turbo button on a controller; a PC equipped with a turbo mode (informal, nonstandard) Very, super, etc.; usually relating to a qualitative value (as opposed to quantitative). ==== Verb ==== turbo (third-person singular simple present turbos, present participle turboing, simple past and past participle turboed) (video games) To autofire. ==== Derived terms ==== === Etymology 3 === From the New Latin name of the genus Turbo. ==== Noun ==== turbo (plural turbos) (malacology) A turban shell. == Czech == === Etymology === Derived from Latin turbo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈturbo] === Noun === turbo n turbo ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “turbo”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech) “turbo”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995 “turbo”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Esperanto == === Etymology === From Latin turbo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈturbo/ Rhymes: -urbo Syllabification: tur‧bo === Noun === turbo (accusative singular turbon, plural turboj, accusative plural turbojn) spinning top === Further reading === “turbo”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “turbo”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-present == Finnish == === Etymology === From English turbo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈturbo/, [ˈt̪urbo̞] Rhymes: -urbo Syllabification(key): tur‧bo Hyphenation(key): tur‧bo === Noun === turbo turbo ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “turbo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtur.bo/ Rhymes: -urbo Hyphenation: tùr‧bo === Verb === turbo first-person singular present indicative of turbare === Anagrams === Bruto, bruto == Latin == === Etymology === From turba. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊr.boː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtur.bo] === Noun === turbō m (genitive turbinis); third declension tornado, whirlwind Synonyms: tempestās, procella spinning top, wheel spinning motion ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== === Verb === turbō (present infinitive turbāre, perfect active turbāvī, supine turbātum); first conjugation to disturb, unsettle, agitate, perturb Synonyms: perturbō, sollicitō, agitō, angō, concitō, disturbō, īnfestō, percieō, concieō, cieō, irrītō, stimulō, ēvertō, peragō, occīdō, agō, moveō, versō, ūrō Antonym: cōnsōlor to upset ==== Conjugation ==== 1At least one use of the Old Latin "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to"). It is also attested as having a rare sigmatic future passive indicative form ("will have been"), which is not attested in the plural for any verb. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “turbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “turbo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "turbo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “turbo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[3], London: Macmillan and Co. “turbo”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “turbo”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “turbo”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Portuguese == === Verb === turbo first-person singular present indicative of turbar == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtuɾbo/ [ˈt̪uɾ.β̞o] Rhymes: -uɾbo Syllabification: tur‧bo === Etymology 1 === Clipping of turbocompresor. ==== Adjective ==== turbo (invariable) turbo (feminine turba, masculine plural turbos, feminine plural turbas) turbo ==== Noun ==== turbo m (plural turbos) turbo === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== turbo first-person singular present indicative of turbar === Further reading === “turbo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Noun === turbo c (often in compounds) turbo ((gas) turbine, especially in an internal combustion engine, sometimes of the entire engine or vehicle) (colloquial, in compounds) turbo (something fast, powerful, or the like) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== turbojetmotor turbotorsk === References === “turbo”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “turbo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “turbo”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)