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Contents
- 1 English
  
  1.1 Etymology
  
  1.2 Pronunciation
  
  1.3 Verb
  
  1.3.1 Synonyms
  
  1.3.2 Antonyms
  
  1.3.3 Related terms
  
  1.3.4 Translations
  
  1.4 Further reading
  
  1.5 Anagrams
- 2 Portuguese
  
  2.1 Verb

impede definition

Overview

This page has 3 definitions of impede in English and Portuguese. Impede is a verb. Examples of how to use impede in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .

English impede definition

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin impediō (“to shackle”), from pēs (“foot”) (compare pedestrian). First attested use as a verb was in William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpiːd/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

impede (third-person singular simple present impedes, present participle impeding, simple past and past participle impeded)

(transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
impede someone's progress

Synonyms

See Thesaurus:hinder

Antonyms

assist, help
expede (obsolete)
expedite

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-‎ (0 c, 48 e)

Translations

to get in the way of; to hinder

Bulgarian: преча (bg) (preča), спирам (bg) (spiram), задържам (bg) (zadǎržam)
Catalan: impedir (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 阻住 (zo² zyu⁶)

Mandarin: 阻礙 (zh), 阻碍 (zh) (zǔ'ài)
Czech: překážet (cs) impf, bránit (cs) impf, zabránit (cs) pf
Dutch: belemmeren (nl), in de weg staan, beletten (nl), hinderen (nl)
Finnish: haitata (fi)
French: entraver (fr)
Galician: impedir (gl)
German: behindern (de), erschweren (de), hemmen (de), hindern (de), vereiteln (de)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (marzjan)

Greek:
Ancient: κωλύω (kōlúō), ἐγκόπτω (enkóptō)
Hungarian: gátol (hu)
Latin: impediō
Maori: rore, whakahōtaetae, taupare, kaiwaenga
Norwegian: hindre (no)
Persian: بازداشتن‎ (fa) (bâzdâštan)
Portuguese: impedir (pt)
Romanian: împiedica (ro)
Russian: меша́ть (ru) (mešátʹ), препя́тствовать (ru) (prepjátstvovatʹ)
Spanish: impedir (es)

Further reading

Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “impede”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

impeed

Portuguese impede definition

Verb

impede

third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of impedir
second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of impedir

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