impedir — meaning in English
Spanish → English · translate English → Spanish instead
English meaning
- avert verb To prevent something bad from happening.
- block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
- foreclose verb To take legal action to repossess property when a borrower has failed to keep up mortgage payments.
- hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
- impede verb To slow down or get in the way of progress.
- interfere verb To get involved in something in a way that disrupts or is unwelcome.
- obstruct verb To block a path or passage so that things can't get through.
- preclude verb To make something impossible or rule it out in advance.
- prevent verb To stop something from happening, or to keep someone from doing something.
- startle verb To give someone a sudden shock or fright, usually without real danger.
Senses
impedir is used for these senses in English:
- avert (transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
- block (transitive, sports) To impede (an opponent or opponent’s play).
- block (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors for (a section of a play or film).
- fetter (transitive) To restrain or impede; to hamper.
- hinder (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
- hinder (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
- impede (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
- obstruct To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
avert — full definition
- verb To prevent something bad from happening.
- verb To turn one's eyes or attention away from something.
block — full definition
- noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
- noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
- noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
- verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
- verb To stop someone from contacting you online.