impedir — meaning in English

English meaning

• impede verb To slow down or get in the way of progress.
• prevent verb To stop something from happening, or to keep someone from doing something.

Senses

impedir is used for these senses in English:

• fetter (transitive) To restrain or impede; to hamper.
• impede (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
• prevent (transitive) To stop (an outcome); to keep from (doing something). [from 16th c.]

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