turbio
Meanings
Adjective
1. turbid, cloudy, murky, muddy
2. murky (unclear) (figuratively)
3. messy (e.g., a messy divorce) (figuratively)
4. murky, shady, underhand, underhanded (figuratively)
5. disturbing person or thing (slang)
6. ill-intentioned, malevolent (colloquial, Honduras, El Salvador)
Examples4
re turbio
very disturbing
No gana nada implicándonos en sus turbios asuntos.
You'll gain nothing implicating us in your shady dealings.
Re turbio.
Very disturbing.
Nunca se averiguará la verdad sobre algunos asuntos turbios del Estado.
One can never completely know the truth about some of the state's shady deals.