roadblock

English

Etymology

From road + block.

Noun

roadblock (plural roadblocks)

1. Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
2. An obstacle or impediment.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:hindrance

Translations

Something that blocks or obstructs a road

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 路障 (cmn) (lùzhàng)

• Dutch: wegversperring (nl) f, wegblokkade (nl) f
• Esperanto: baraĵo (eo), barilo (eo)
• Finnish: tiesulku (fi), este (fi)

• French: barrage routier (fr) m
• German: Absperrung (de) f
• Japanese: 道路封鎖 (ja) (どうろふうさ, dōro fūsa)
• Russian: блокпост (ru) (blokpóst) m, (доро́жное) заграждение (ru) (zagraždénije) n

An obstacle or impediment

• Dutch: versperring (nl) f, obstakel (nl) n, tegenwerkende factor (nl) m
• Finnish: este (fi), hidaste (fi)

• Russian: препятствие (ru) (prepjátstvije) n, помеха (ru) (poméxa) f, препона (ru) (prepóna) f

Verb

roadblock (third-person singular simple present roadblocks, present participle roadblocking, simple past and past participle roadblocked)

1. (colloquial) To prevent, hinder.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:hinder

Translations

to prevent, hinder

• Finnish: estää (fi)