obstáculo
See also: obstaculo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin obstaculum.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -akulu
- Hyphenation: obs‧tá‧cu‧lo
Noun edit
obstáculo m (plural obstáculos)
- obstacle (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin obstāculum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
obstáculo m (plural obstáculos)
- obstacle, hindrance, stumbling block, hurdle, barrier, impediment, obstruction, handicap, constraint, snag, bottleneck (something immaterial that hinders progress)
- obstacle (something physically hindering progress)
- (sports) hurdle
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “obstáculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014