Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin obstruere, with change of conjugation.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /o.struˈi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: o‧stru‧ì‧re

Verb

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ostruìre (first-person singular present ostruìsco, first-person singular past historic ostruìi, past participle ostruìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to obstruct, to block (a passage, a road, an artery in the human body, etc.)

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • ostruire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana