obstruct

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹʌkt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /əbˈstɹɐkt/
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• rhymes with -ʌkt
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• CMU ARPABET: AH0 B S T R AH1 K T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”).

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سد (sadd) — To block or fill (a passage)
• Asturian: entupecer — To block or fill (a passage)
• Asturian: torgar — To block or fill (a passage)
• Asturian: tupir — To block or fill (a passage)
• Asturian: entorgar — To block or fill (a passage)
• Bulgarian: запречвам (zaprečvam) — To block or fill (a passage)
• Bulgarian: преграждам (pregraždam) — To block or fill (a passage)
• Catalan: obstruir — To block or fill (a passage)
• Chinese Mandarin: 擋住 /挡住 (dǎngzhù) — To block or fill (a passage)
• Chinese Mandarin: 阻擋 /阻挡 (zǔdǎng) — To block or fill (a passage)
• Czech: ucpat — To block or fill (a passage)
• Czech: zatarasit — To block or fill (a passage)
• Czech: zablokovat — To block or fill (a passage)
• Finnish: tukkia — To block or fill (a passage)
• French: obstruer — To block or fill (a passage)
• German: behindern — To block or fill (a passage)
• German: versperren — To block or fill (a passage)
• Hawaiian: keʻa — To block or fill (a passage)
• Hawaiian: hoʻokeʻa — To block or fill (a passage)
• Italian: ostruire — To block or fill (a passage)
• Japanese: ふさぐ (fusagu) — To block or fill (a passage)
• Latin: obstō — To block or fill (a passage)
• Latin: obstruō — To block or fill (a passage)
• Māori: whakaapi — To block or fill (a passage)
• Portuguese: obstruir — To block or fill (a passage)
• Portuguese: trancar — To block or fill (a passage)
• Portuguese: entupir — To block or fill (a passage)
• Romanian: înfunda — To block or fill (a passage)
• Romanian: obtura — To block or fill (a passage)
• Romanian: astupa — To block or fill (a passage)
• Russian: заслоня́ть (zaslonjátʹ) — To block or fill (a passage)
• Russian: заслони́ть (zaslonítʹ) — To block or fill (a passage)
• Russian: загора́живать (zagoráživatʹ) — To block or fill (a passage)
• Russian: загороди́ть (zagorodítʹ) — To block or fill (a passage)
• Serbo-Croatian: zapriječiti — To block or fill (a passage)
• Sikkimese: བཀག (bkag) — To block or fill (a passage)
• Spanish: entorpecer — To block or fill (a passage)
• Spanish: estorbar — To block or fill (a passage)
• Spanish: atorar — To block or fill (a passage)
• Spanish: obstruir — To block or fill (a passage)
• Vietnamese: chắn — To block or fill (a passage)
• Asturian: tornar — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Asturian: torgar — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Asturian: trabar — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Asturian: impidir — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Bulgarian: преча (preča) — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Bulgarian: затруднявам (zatrudnjavam) — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Catalan: obstruir — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Czech: bránit — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Czech: překážet — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Finnish: estää — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• French: bloquer — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• French: retarder — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• French: interférer — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Hawaiian: keʻa — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Hawaiian: hoʻokeʻa — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Irish: cuir isteach ar — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Italian: ostacolare — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Korean: 먹통 (meoktong) — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Latin: obstō — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Latin: officio — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Māori: whakahōtaetae — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Māori: kōpeka — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Māori: whakaapi — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Portuguese: obstruir — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Romanian: bloca — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Romanian: împiedica — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Romanian: întârzia — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Russian: препя́тствовать (prepjátstvovatʹ) — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Russian: меша́ть (mešátʹ) — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Serbo-Croatian: ometati — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Sikkimese: བཀག (bkag) — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Spanish: entorpecer — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Spanish: impedir — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Spanish: estorbar — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Yiddish: אָבסטרויִרן (obstruirn) — To impede, retard, or interfere with
• Asturian: desapaecer — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Asturian: esconder — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Asturian: tapar — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Asturian: incultar — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Asturian: ancultar — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Dutch: zicht belemmeren — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Finnish: peittää — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• French: obstruer — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• French: éclipser — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Italian: ostruire — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Portuguese: obstruir — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Portuguese: ocultar — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Portuguese: esconder — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Russian: загора́живать (zagoráživatʹ) — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Russian: заслоня́ть (zaslonjátʹ) — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Serbo-Croatian: zakloniti — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Spanish: esconder — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight
• Spanish: ocultar — To get in the way of so as to hide from sight