impede

English

Etymology

From Latin impedire (“to shackle”), from pes (“foot”) (compare pedestrian). First attested use as a verb was in William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

Verb

impede (third-person singular simple present impedes, present participle impeding, simple past and past participle impeded)

1. to get in the way of; to hinder

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:hinder

Antonyms

• assist, help
• expede (obsolete)
• expedite

Related terms

• expede, expedite

Translations

to get in the way of; to hinder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阻礙 (cmn), 阻碍 (cmn) (zǔài)

• Dutch: belemmeren (nl), in de weg staan (nl), belleten (nl), impediëren (nl), hinderen (nl)
• Finnish: haitata (fi)
• French: entraver (fr)

• German: behindern (de), erschweren (de), hemmem (de), hindern (de), vereiteln (de)
• Portuguese: impedir (pt)
• Romanian: împiedica (ro)
• Russian: мешать (ru) (mešatʹ), препятствовать (ru) (prepjatstvovatʹ)
• Spanish: impedir (es)

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Portuguese

Verb

impede

1. third-person singular present indicative of impedir
2. second-person singular imperative of impedir