obstruct

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌkt

Verb

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

1. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.
2. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
3. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:hinder

Translations

To block or fill (a passage)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擋住 (cmn), 挡住 (cmn) (dǎngzhù)

• Finnish: tukkia (fi)
• French: obstruer (fr)
• German: behindern (de), versperren (de)
• Italian: ostruire (it)
• Japanese: ふさぐ (ja) (fusagu)

• Romanian: înfunda (ro), obtura (ro), astupa (ro)
• Russian: (e.g. view) заслонять (ru) (zaslonját') impf., заслонить (ru) (zaslonít') pf., (e.g. road) загораживать (ru) (zagoráživat') impf., загородить (ru) (zagorodít') pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: zapriječiti (sh)
• Spanish: entorpecer (es), estorbar (es)

To impede, retard, or interfere with

• Finnish: estää (fi)
• French: bloquer (fr), retarder (fr), interférer (fr)
• Italian: ostacolare (it)

• Romanian: bloca (ro), împiedica (ro), întârzia (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian: ometati (sh)
• Spanish: entorpecer (es), impedir (es), estorbar (es)

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

• Finnish: peittää (fi)
• French: obstruer (fr), éclipser (fr)
• Italian: ostruire (it)

• Serbo-Croatian: zakloniti (sh)
• Spanish: esconder (es), ocultar (es)