obstrução

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i)

Proto-Italic *op

Latin ob

Latin ob-

Proto-Indo-European *ster-

Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *strew-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *stréweti

Proto-Italic *strowō

Latin struō

Latin obstruō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin obstrūctiōnemlbor.

Portuguese obstrução

Learned borrowing from Latin obstrūctiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /obs.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [obs.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /obs.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [obs.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /obʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [obʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔbʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɔβʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔbʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɔβʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔbʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/

• Hyphenation: obs‧tru‧ção

Noun

obstrução f (plural obstruções)

1. obstruction, obstacle
2. occlusion
3. stonewalling

Related terms

• obstruir

Further reading

• “obstrução”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “obstrução”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026