writer's block

English

Noun

writer's block (usually uncountable, plural writer's blocks)

1. The (usually temporary) inability to begin or continue work on a piece of writing, especially creative writing.

   Hypernym: mental block

Translations

the temporary inability to write

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 作家一時文思不暢／作家一时文思不畅 (zuòjiā yìshí wénsī búchàng), 腦閉塞／脑闭塞 (nǎobìsè)

• Dutch: schrijversblok n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: valkoisen paperin kammo, tyhjän paperin kammo, luomistuska
• French: angoisse de la page blanche f, syndrome de la page blanche (fr) m
• German: Schreibblockade f
• Icelandic: ritstífla f
• Japanese: ライターズ・ブロック (raitāzu burokku)
• Norwegian: skrivesperre f
• Polish: blokada pisarska f
• Portuguese: bloqueio de escritor m, bloqueio criativo m
• Russian: тво́рческий кри́зис m (tvórčeskij krízis), засто́й (ru) m (zastój)
• Spanish: quedarse en blanco, bloqueo del escritor
• Swedish: skrivkramp (sv) c