obstruct

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage)

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əbˈstɹʌkt/
• 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.
3. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.

   They obstructed my progress.

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

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

• deobstruct
• obstructed
• obstructedly
• unobstructed
• unobstructedly

Translations

To block or fill (a passage)

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: سد (sadd)

• Catalan: obstruir (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 擋住／挡住 (zh) (dǎngzhù), 挡住 (zh) (dǎngzhù)

• Finnish: tukkia (fi)
• French: obstruer (fr)
• German: behindern (de), versperren (de)
• Italian: ostruire (it)
• Japanese: ふさぐ (fusagu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: obstō (la)
• Maori: whakaapi
• Portuguese: obstruir (pt), trancar (pt), entupir (pt)
• Romanian: înfunda (ro), obtura (ro), astupa (ro)
• Russian: (e.g. view) заслоня́ть (ru) impf (zaslonjátʹ), заслони́ть (ru) pf (zaslonítʹ), (e.g. road) загора́живать (ru) impf (zagoráživatʹ), загороди́ть (ru) pf (zagorodítʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: zapriječiti (sh)
• Spanish: entorpecer (es), estorbar (es), atorar (es), obstruir (es)
• Vietnamese: chắn (vi)

To impede, retard, or interfere with

• Catalan: obstruir (ca)
• Finnish: estää (fi)
• French: bloquer (fr), retarder (fr), interférer (fr)
• Italian: ostacolare (it)
• Korean: 먹통 (meoktong)
• Latin: obstō (la)
• Maori: whakahōtaetae, kōpeka, whakaapi
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: obstruir (pt)
• Romanian: bloca (ro), împiedica (ro), întârzia (ro)
• Russian: препя́тствовать (ru) (prepjátstvovatʹ), меша́ть (ru) (mešátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: ometati (sh)
• Spanish: entorpecer (es), impedir (es), estorbar (es)

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

• Dutch: zicht belemmeren
• Finnish: peittää (fi)
• French: obstruer (fr), éclipser (fr)
• Italian: ostruire (it)
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• Portuguese: obstruir (pt), ocultar (pt), esconder (pt)
• Russian: загора́живать (ru) (zagoráživatʹ), заслоня́ть (ru) (zaslonjátʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: zakloniti (sh)
• Spanish: esconder (es), ocultar (es)