traba

traba is feminine in Spanish.

catch (concealed difficulty); obstacle; shackle; hobble (for a horse), hopple; hair clip, barrette, hairslide

“Pero enseguida descubrió que las trabas para contar lo que pasó en el primer epicentro de la pandemia no solo las ponía el Partido Comunista Chino.” — But he immediately found that obstacles to reporting what happened in the first epicentre of the pandemic were not only being imposed by the Chinese Communist Party.

From Latin trabs (“timber”). Compare English trave (“crossbeam”).