to hinder, to hamper, to stymie, to get in the way, to impede, to block, to interfere with
“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.
Synonyms: impedir, estorbar
Related: obstaculización, obstaculizador
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁óp(i) Proto-Italic *op Latin ob Latin ob- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin obstō Latin -culum Latin obstāculumbor. Spanish obstáculo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic