intrude

English

Etymology

From Latin intrudere, from in- + trudere (“to thrust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹuːd/

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• Rhymes: -uːd

Verb

intrude (third-person singular simple present intrudes, present participle intruding, simple past and past participle intruded)

1. (intransitive) To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.

   to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another

   • 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:

     Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them.

2. (transitive) To force in.

Derived terms

• intruder
• intrusion

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *trewd-‎ (0 c, 27 e)

Translations

to enter without welcome; to encroach

• Arabic: تَطَفَّلَ (taṭaffala), تَدَخَّلَ (tadaḵḵala)
• Bulgarian: нахълтвам (bg) (nahǎltvam), натрапвам се (natrapvam se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侵入 (zh) (qīnrù), 打擾／打扰 (zh) (dǎrǎo), 闖入／闯入 (zh) (chuǎngrù)

• Dutch: binnendringen (nl), storen (nl)
• Esperanto: altrudiĝi, trudi
• Finnish: tunkeutua (fi); tuppautua (fi) (without invitation)
• French: ^{(please verify)} faire intrusion, ^{(please verify)} être importun , ^{(please verify)} s’incruster (fr) (colloquial), ^{(please verify)} empiéter (fr)
• Georgian: ჩარევა (čareva)
• German: eindringen (de), stören (de), sich eindrängen (de)
• Gothic: 𐌳𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌾𐌰𐌽 (drōbjan)
• Hungarian: behatol (hu), befurakodik (hu)
• Ido: tedar (io)
• Indonesian: menyusup (id)
• Italian: irrompere (it)
• Japanese: 侵す (ja) (おかす, okasu), 押しつける (おしつける, oshitsukeru), 侵入する (ja) (しんにゅうする, shinnyū-suru)
• Khmer: ជ្រៀតជ្រែក (criətcrɛɛk)
• Lao: ບຸ (bu)
• Latin: interveniō (la)
• Maori: maoho, kōkuhu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trenge inn

  Nynorsk: trenge inn, trengje inn

• Portuguese: invadir (pt)
• Russian: меша́ть (ru) (mešátʹ), вторга́ться (ru) (vtorgátʹsja), навя́зываться (ru) (navjázyvatʹsja)
• Spanish: meterse (es)
• Swedish: inkräkta (sv)
• Telugu: చొరబడు (te) (corabaḍu)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: вдира́тися (uk) impf (vdyrátysja), вде́ртися pf (vdértysja), вторга́тися impf (vtorhátysja), вто́ргнутися pf (vtórhnutysja), нав'я́зуватися impf (navʺjázuvatysja), нав'яза́тися pf (navʺjazátysja)
• Vietnamese: xâm phạm (vi)

See also

• invade

Anagrams

• turdine, untired, untride, untried

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inˈtru.de/
• Rhymes: -ude
• Hyphenation: in‧trù‧de

Verb

intrude

1. third-person singular present indicative of intrudere