English
Etymology
From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”).
Pronunciation
Verb
obstruct (third-person singular simple present obstructs, present participle obstructing, simple past and past participle obstructed)
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
- To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
They obstructed my progress.
- To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
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Translations
To block or fill (a passage)
- Arabic:
- Egyptian Arabic: سد (sadd)
- Bulgarian: запречвам (bg) (zaprečvam), преграждам (bg) (pregraždam)
- Catalan: obstruir (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 擋住／挡住 (zh) (dǎngzhù), 阻擋／阻挡 (zh) (zǔdǎng)
- Czech: ucpat pf, zatarasit (cs) pf, zablokovat pf
- Finnish: tukkia (fi)
- French: obstruer (fr)
- German: behindern (de), versperren (de)
- Italian: ostruire (it)
- Japanese: ふさぐ (ja) (fusagu)
- Latin: obstō (la), obstruō
- Maori: whakaapi
- Portuguese: obstruir (pt), trancar (pt), entupir (pt)
- Romanian: înfunda (ro), obtura (ro), astupa (ro)
- Russian: (e.g. view) заслоня́ть (ru) impf (zaslonjátʹ), заслони́ть (ru) pf (zaslonítʹ), (e.g. road) загора́живать (ru) impf (zagoráživatʹ), загороди́ть (ru) pf (zagorodítʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: zapriječiti (sh)
- Spanish: entorpecer (es), estorbar (es), atorar (es), obstruir (es)
- Vietnamese: chắn (vi)
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To impede, retard, or interfere with
- Bulgarian: преча (bg) (preča), затруднявам (bg) (zatrudnjavam)
- Catalan: obstruir (ca)
- Czech: bránit (cs) impf, překážet (cs) impf
- Finnish: estää (fi)
- French: bloquer (fr), retarder (fr), interférer (fr)
- Italian: ostacolare (it)
- Korean: 먹통 (meoktong)
- Latin: obstō (la), officio
- Maori: whakahōtaetae, kōpeka, whakaapi
- Portuguese: obstruir (pt)
- Romanian: bloca (ro), împiedica (ro), întârzia (ro)
- Russian: препя́тствовать (ru) (prepjátstvovatʹ), меша́ть (ru) (mešátʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: ometati (sh)
- Spanish: entorpecer (es), impedir (es), estorbar (es)
- Yiddish: אָבסטרויִרן (obstruirn) (law)
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To get in the way of so as to hide from sight