entorpecer — meaning in English
Spanish → English · translate English → Spanish instead
English meaning
- hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
- numb adj Unable to feel physical sensation, especially because of cold or pressure on a nerve.
- obstruct verb To block a path or passage so that things can't get through.
- stonewall verb To deliberately block progress by refusing to answer questions, give information, or cooperate.
- stupefy verb To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
Senses
entorpecer is used for these senses in English:
- hinder (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
- hold up (idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
- numb (transitive) To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.
- obstruct To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
- obstruct To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
- stonewall (ambitransitive, informal) To refuse to answer or cooperate, especially in supplying information.
- stupefy (transitive, especially, law) To dull the senses or capacity to think thereby reducing responsiveness; to stun.
numb — full definition
- adj Unable to feel physical sensation, especially because of cold or pressure on a nerve.
- adj Unable to feel or respond emotionally, often after shock or grief.
- verb To make (something) unable to feel physical sensation, or to dull an emotion.