obstáculo
See also: obstaculo
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin obstaculum.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /obsˈta.ku.lu/, /o.bisˈta.ku.lu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /obʃˈta.ku.lu/, /o.biʃˈta.ku.lu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /obsˈta.ku.lo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔbʃˈta.ku.lu/ [ɔβʃˈta.ku.lu]
- Rhymes: -akulu
- Hyphenation: obs‧tá‧cu‧lo
Noun
obstáculo m (plural obstáculos)
- obstacle (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin obstāculum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /obsˈtakulo/ [oβ̞sˈt̪a.ku.lo]
- Rhymes: -akulo
- Syllabification: obs‧tá‧cu‧lo
Noun
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
- obstaculizar
Further reading
- “obstáculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014