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English

Etymology

From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /əbˈstɹʌkt/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /əbˈstɹɐkt/
Rhymes: -ʌkt

Verb

obstruct (third-person singular simple present obstructs, present participle obstructing, simple past and past participle obstructed)

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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.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *strew- (0 c, 45 e)

Translations

To block or fill (a passage)

Arabic:
Egyptian Arabic: سد (sadd)
Asturian: entupecer, torgar, tupir, entorgar
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 (cs) pf
Finnish: tukkia (fi)
French: obstruer (fr)
German: behindern (de), versperren (de)
Hawaiian: keʻa, hoʻokeʻa
Italian: ostruire (it)
Japanese: ふさぐ (ja) (fusagu)
Latin: obstō (la), obstruō
Māori: whakaapi
Middle English: ditten
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)
Sikkimese: བཀག (bkag)
Spanish: entorpecer (es), estorbar (es), atorar (es), obstruir (es)
Vietnamese: chắn (vi)

To impede, retard, or interfere with

Asturian: tornar (ast), torgar, trabar, impidir
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)
Hawaiian: keʻa, hoʻokeʻa
Irish: cuir isteach ar
Italian: ostacolare (it)
Korean: 먹통 (meoktong)
Latin: obstō (la), officio
Māori: whakahōtaetae, kōpeka, whakaapi
Portuguese: obstruir (pt)
Romanian: bloca (ro), împiedica (ro), întârzia (ro)
Russian: препя́тствовать (ru) (prepjátstvovatʹ), меша́ть (ru) (mešátʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: ometati (sh)
Sikkimese: བཀག (bkag)
Spanish: entorpecer (es), impedir (es), estorbar (es)
Yiddish: אָבסטרויִרן (obstruirn) (law)

To get in the way of so as to hide from sight

Asturian: desapaecer, esconder, tapar, incultar, ancultar
Dutch: zicht belemmeren
Finnish: peittää (fi)
French: obstruer (fr), éclipser (fr)
Italian: ostruire (it)
Portuguese: obstruir (pt), ocultar (pt), esconder (pt)
Russian: загора́живать (ru) (zagoráživatʹ), заслоня́ть (ru) (zaslonjátʹ)
Serbo-Croatian: zakloniti (sh)
Spanish: esconder (es), ocultar (es)

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