English [ edit ] get in the way third-person singular simple present gets in the way present participle getting in the way simple past got in the way past participle ( UK ) got in the way or ( US ) gotten in the way
( intransitive ) obstruct , hinder , or interfere
2022 August 24, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Rail strikes deadlock”, in RAIL , number 964 , page 3:Ideology constantly gets in the way . For the Government, unions are militant "Trots" out to cause political trouble. For the unions, the private sector is a grasping, evil leech. Neither is true.
Translations [ edit ] to obstruct, hinder, or interfere
Armenian: խանգարել (hy) ( xangarel )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 妨礙 ／ 妨碍 (zh) ( fáng'ài ) , 阻礙 ／ 阻碍 (zh) ( zǔ'ài ) , 阻礙 ／ 阻碍 (zh) ( zǔ'ài )
German: stören (de) , dazwischenkommen (de) , hindern (de) , behindern (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἐπιπροσθέω ( epiprosthéō )
Japanese: 妨げる (ja) ( さまたげる, samatageru ) , 邪魔になる ( jama-ni naru )
Latin: impedio
Polish: stać na drodze impf stawać na drodze impf stanąć na drodze pf stać na przeszkodzie impf stanąć na przeszkodzie pf stać na zawadzie impf stanąć na zawadzie pf wchodzić w paradę (pl) impf wejść w paradę pf
Portuguese: atrapalhar (pt)
Russian: меша́ть (ru) impf ( mešátʹ ) , помеша́ть (ru) pf ( pomešátʹ ) , препя́тствовать (ru) impf ( prepjátstvovatʹ ) , воспрепя́тствовать (ru) pf ( vosprepjátstvovatʹ )
Spanish: interponerse (es) , obstruir (es) , estorbar (es) , interferir (es)