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alborotar

/alboɾoˈtaɾ/

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verb/alboɾoˈtaɾ/

to stir up, agitate; to disturb, tease (provoke or disturb); to excite; to infect, ballyhoo (make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion); to bother

[…]un huésped desconocido que se mete a las dos de la mañana en casa de su prójimo, robándole el sueño y alborotándole el hogar[…][…] an unknown guest who comes back home at two in the morning, keeping him awake and stirring up his home […]

Synonyms: embullar, provocar

Perhaps from Latin volūtāre crossed with Spanish alborozar. Compare Catalan avalotar.