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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpiːd/

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• Rhymes: -iːd

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:hinder

Antonyms

• assist, help
• expede (obsolete)
• expedite

Related terms

• expede, expedite
• impediment

Translations

to get in the way of; to hinder

• Catalan: impedir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阻住 ‎(zo² zyu⁶)

  Mandarin: 阻礙 (zh), 阻碍 (zh) ‎(zǔài)

• Czech: překážet (cs) impf, bránit (cs) impf, zabránit (cs) pf
• Dutch: belemmeren (nl), in de weg staan, belleten, impediëren, hinderen (nl)
• Finnish: haitata (fi)
• French: entraver (fr)
• Galician: impedir
• German: behindern (de), erschweren (de), hemmem, hindern (de), vereiteln (de)

• Hungarian: gátol (hu)
• Maori: rore, whakahōtaetae
• Norwegian: hindre (no)
• Portuguese: impedir (pt)
• Romanian: împiedica (ro)
• Russian: меша́ть (ru) ‎(mešátʹ), препя́тствовать (ru) ‎(prepjátstvovatʹ)
• 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