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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin obstaculum.
Pronunciation
- 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
Borrowed from Latin obstāculum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /obsˈtakulo/
- 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
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