obstacle

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɒbstəkəl/
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• General-American: /ˈɑbstəkəl/
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From Middle English obstacle, from Old French obstacle, from Latin obstāculum.

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: pengesë — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Southern Altai: буудак (buudak) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Arabic: عَقَبَة (ʕaqaba) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Arabic: حَاجِز (ḥājiz) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Arabic: عَائِق (ʕāʔiq) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Armenian: խոչընդոտ (xočʻəndot) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Armenian: արգելք (argelkʻ) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Aromanian: cheadicã — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Aromanian: ambodyiu — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Azerbaijani: əngəl — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Azerbaijani: sədd — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Belarusian: перашко́да (pjeraškóda) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Belarusian: перапо́на (pjerapóna) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Belarusian: перагаро́да (pjeraharóda) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Belarusian: паме́шка (pamjéška) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Bhojpuri: रुकावट (rukāvaṭ) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Bulgarian: препя́тствие (prepjátstvie) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Bulgarian: прегра́да (pregráda) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Burmese: အဆီးအတား (a.hci:a.ta:) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Burmese: အတားအဆီး (a.ta:a.hci:) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Buryat: һаад (haad) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Catalan: obstacle — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Chinese Mandarin: 障礙 /障碍 (zhàng'ài) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Chinese Mandarin: 妨礙 /妨碍 (fáng'ài) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Cimbrian: briighe — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Czech: překážka — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Danish: forhindring — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Danish: hindring — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Dutch: obstakel — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Dutch: belemmering — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Dutch: horde — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Esperanto: obstaklo — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Esperanto: malhelpo — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Estonian: takistus — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Finnish: este — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• French: obstacle — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Galician: obstáculo — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Georgian: დაბრკოლება (dabrḳoleba) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• German: Hindernis — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• German: Hürde — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Greek: εμπόδιο (empódio) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Greek: πρόσκομμα (próskomma) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Ancient Greek: κώλυμα (kṓluma) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Hebrew: מִכְשׁוֹל (mikhshól) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Hindi: बाधा (bādhā) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Hindi: रुकावट (rukāvaṭ) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Hindi: अड़चन (aṛcan) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Hungarian: akadály — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Hungarian: obsztákulum — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Icelandic: hindrun — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Ido: obstaklo — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Ingrian: esse — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Interlingua: obstaculo — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Irish: constaic — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Italian: ostacolo — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Italian: inciampo — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Japanese: 障害 (shōgai) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Japanese: 邪魔 (jama) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Japanese: 障害物 (shōgaibutsu) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Kalmyk: саад (saad) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Kannada: ವಿಘ್ನ (vighna) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Kazakh: тосқауыл (tosqauyl) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Khmer: ទំនាល់ (tumnŏəl) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Kikuyu: mũhĩnga — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Korean: 장애 (jang'ae) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Korean: 장애물 (jang'aemul) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Korean: 방해물 (banghaemul) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Korean: 장해 (janghae) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Kyrgyz: тоскоолдук (toskoolduk) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Lao: ອຸປະສັກ (ʼu pa sak) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Latin: obstantia — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Latin: obiectus — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Latin: ōbex — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Latin: mora — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Latin: obstāculum — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Latin: impedīmentum — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Latvian: šķērslis — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Lithuanian: kliūtis — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Macedonian: пречка (prečka) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Macedonian: препрека (prepreka) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Malay: halangan — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Malay: aral — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Māori: taunahua — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Mongolian: саад (saad) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Mongolian: бартаа (bartaa) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Norwegian Bokmål: hinder — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Norwegian Bokmål: hindring — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Norwegian Bokmål: aber — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hinder — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hindring — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Occitan: obstacle — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Old English: hremming — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Persian: مانع (mâne') — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Persian: سد (sadd) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Plautdietsch: Jäajenstoss — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Plautdietsch: Hindaniss — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Polish: przeszkoda — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Polish: trudność — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Polish: ambaras — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Portuguese: obstáculo — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Portuguese: estorvo — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Portuguese: impedimento — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Portuguese: empecilho — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Portuguese: obstrução — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Portuguese: entrave — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Portuguese: óbice — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Portuguese: barreira — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Portuguese: tolhimento — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Portuguese: trambolho — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Portuguese: travanca — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Quechua: hark'ay — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Romanian: obstacol — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Romanian: piedică — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Russian: препя́тствие (prepjátstvije) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Russian: прегра́да (pregráda) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Russian: поме́ха (poméxa) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Scottish Gaelic: amaladh — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Scottish Gaelic: bacadh — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Serbo-Croatian: пре̏прека — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Serbo-Croatian: пре̏пона — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Serbo-Croatian: prȅpreka — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Serbo-Croatian: prȅpona — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Slovak: prekážka — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Slovene: ovira — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Slovene: prepreka — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Spanish: obstáculo — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Spanish: óbice — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Spanish: traba — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Spanish: estorbo — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Spanish: contumeria — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Spanish: pereque — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Spanish: valladar — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Spanish: cortapisa — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Swedish: hinder — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Tagalog: balakid — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Tagalog: harang — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Tajik: монеа (monea) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Tajik: садд (sadd) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Tamil: தடை (taṭai) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Tamil: இடையூறு (iṭaiyūṟu) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Tày: cạm — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Telugu: ఆటంకం (āṭaṅkaṁ) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Telugu: అడ్డం (aḍḍaṁ) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Thai: อุปสรรค (ùp-bpà-sàk) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Thai: ขวากหนาม (kwàak-nǎam) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Thai: มาร (maan) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Tigrinya: ዕንቅፋት (ʿənḳəfat) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Tocharian B: pkante — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Turkish: engel — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Turkish: ket — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Turkish: mahzur — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Turkish: mani — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Turkish: set — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Ottoman Turkish: عائق (â’ik) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Turkmen: garsylyk — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Turkmen: garşylyk — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Ukrainian: перешко́да (pereškóda) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Ukrainian: перепо́на (perepóna) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Ukrainian: прити́чина (prytýčyna) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Ukrainian: перегоро́да (perehoróda) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Urdu: رُکاوَٹ (rukāvaṭ) — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Uzbek: toʻsiq — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Vietnamese: bước cản — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Vietnamese: chướng ngại — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Vietnamese: trở ngại — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress
• Welsh: rhwystr — something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress