obstaculizar

Portuguese

Etymology

From obstáculo +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /o.bis.ta.ku.liˈza(ʁ)/ [o.bis.ta.ku.liˈza(h)], /obs.ta.ku.liˈza(ʁ)/ [obs.ta.ku.liˈza(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /o.bis.ta.ku.liˈza(ɾ)/, /obs.ta.ku.liˈza(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /o.biʃ.ta.ku.liˈza(ʁ)/ [o.biʃ.ta.ku.liˈza(χ)], /obʃ.ta.ku.liˈza(ʁ)/ [obʃ.ta.ku.liˈza(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /obs.ta.ku.liˈza(ɻ)/, /o.bis.ta.ku.liˈza(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔbʃ.tɐ.ku.liˈzaɾ/ [ɔβʃ.tɐ.ku.liˈzaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔbʃ.tɐ.ku.liˈza.ɾi/ [ɔβʃ.tɐ.ku.liˈza.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: obs‧ta‧cu‧li‧zar

Verb

obstaculizar (first-person singular present obstaculizo, first-person singular preterite obstaculizei, past participle obstaculizado)

  1. to hinder, to hamper, to stymie, to get in the way, to impede, to block, to interfere with

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

From obstáculo +‎ -izar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /obstakuliˈθaɾ/ [oβ̞s.t̪a.ku.liˈθaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /obstakuliˈsaɾ/ [oβ̞s.t̪a.ku.liˈsaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: obs‧ta‧cu‧li‧zar

Verb

obstaculizar (first-person singular present obstaculizo, first-person singular preterite obstaculicé, past participle obstaculizado)

  1. to hinder, to hamper, to stymie, to get in the way, to impede, to block, to interfere with
    Synonyms: impedir, estorbar
    • 2015 July 15, “La opositora Machado, inhabilitada para ejercer cargos públicos”, in El País[1]:
      Ahora el régimen activa otro resorte de la institucionalidad revolucionaria para obstaculizar la participación de Machado en las próximas elecciones para la Asamblea Nacional, que se presumen decisivas para el destino del proceso bolivariano.
      Now the regime is activating another resort of the revolutionary institutionalization to impede the participation of Machado in the next elections for the National Assembly, which are presumed to be decisive for the future of the bolivian process.

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