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przeszkodzić — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
  • intervene verb To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop what is happening.
  • roadblock noun A barrier set up across a road, often by police or the military, to stop or check traffic.

Senses

przeszkodzić is used for these senses in English:

  • hinder (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
  • intervene (intransitive) To occur or act as an obstacle or delay.
  • roadblock (colloquial, transitive) To prevent, hinder.

intervene — full definition

  1. verb To become involved in a situation in order to change or stop what is happening.
  2. verb To occur or fall between two points in time or two events.
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