roadblock

English

Etymology

road +‎ block

Noun

roadblock (plural roadblocks)

Something that blocks or obstructs a road.
An obstacle or impediment.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:hindrance

Translations

Something that blocks or obstructs a road

Chinese:
Mandarin: 路障 (zh) (lùzhàng)
Dutch: wegversperring (nl) f, wegblokkade f
Esperanto: baraĵo, barilo (eo)
Finnish: tiesulku (fi), este (fi)
French: barrage routier m

German: Absperrung (de) f
Italian: blocco stradale m
Japanese: 道路封鎖 (どうろふうさ, dōro fūsa)
Russian: блокпо́ст (ru) m (blokpóst), (доро́жное) загражде́ние (ru) n (zagraždénije)
Spanish: barrera vial f
Swedish: vägspärr c

An obstacle or impediment

Dutch: versperring (nl) f, obstakel (nl) n, tegenwerkende factor m
Finnish: este (fi), hidaste (fi)

Russian: препя́тствие (ru) n (prepjátstvije), поме́ха (ru) f (poméxa), препо́на (ru) f (prepóna)
Spanish: barrera f

Verb

roadblock (third-person singular simple present roadblocks, present participle roadblocking, simple past and past participle roadblocked)

(colloquial) To prevent, hinder.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:hinder

Translations

to prevent, hinder

Finnish: estää (fi)

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