setback

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• /ˈsɛtbæk/
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• rhymes with -ɛtbæk
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• CMU ARPABET: S EH1 T B AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Deverbal from set back. Compare drawback.

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: نَكْسَة (naksa) — adverse event, obstacle
• Bulgarian: пречка (prečka) — adverse event, obstacle
• Bulgarian: препятствие (prepjatstvie) — adverse event, obstacle
• Catalan: contratemps — adverse event, obstacle
• Czech: překážka — adverse event, obstacle
• Czech: komplikace — adverse event, obstacle
• Czech: problém — adverse event, obstacle
• Danish: tilbageslag — adverse event, obstacle
• Dutch: tegenslag — adverse event, obstacle
• Finnish: takaisku — adverse event, obstacle
• French: contretemps — adverse event, obstacle
• French: obstacle — adverse event, obstacle
• Galician: foda — adverse event, obstacle
• Galician: contratempo — adverse event, obstacle
• German: Rückschlag — adverse event, obstacle
• German: Hindernis — adverse event, obstacle
• Italian: contrattempo — adverse event, obstacle
• Italian: impedimento — adverse event, obstacle
• Italian: insuccesso — adverse event, obstacle
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilbakeslag — adverse event, obstacle
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tilbakeslag — adverse event, obstacle
• Portuguese: contratempo — adverse event, obstacle
• Portuguese: contrariedade — adverse event, obstacle
• Russian: препя́тствие (prepjátstvije) — adverse event, obstacle
• Russian: заде́ржка (zadéržka) — adverse event, obstacle
• Scottish Gaelic: amaladh — adverse event, obstacle
• Slovak: prekážka — adverse event, obstacle
• Slovak: komplikácia — adverse event, obstacle
• Slovak: problém — adverse event, obstacle
• Spanish: contratiempo — adverse event, obstacle
• Spanish: descalabro — adverse event, obstacle
• Spanish: varapalo — adverse event, obstacle
• Spanish: mazazo — adverse event, obstacle
• Spanish: percance — adverse event, obstacle
• Swedish: bakslag — adverse event, obstacle
• Turkish: aksilik — adverse event, obstacle