English → Latin
“intrude” in Latin
molestustroublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, tiresomeinterpellōto interrupt by speaking, disrupt, disturb, interject; to hinder, obstruct, impede, disturb, molest; to annoy, importune
The English word intrude itself goes back to Latin trūdō, through intrudere.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
intrude
aliquis se ipse infert (☞ not se intrudere, there being no such word; since, in Cic., Caecin., 5, we must read se inferebat, et intro dabat, Klotz = came uninvited). To intrude upon anybody, alicui se ingerere (to force one’s self upon): insolenter se offerre (to thrust one’s self in his way): aliquem (moleste) interpellare (to interrupt him in a troublesome way).
To intrude on lands, etc., Vid :; To ENCROACH.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for intrude?
- The usual Latin words for “intrude” are molestus, interpellō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.