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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈsta.ko.lo/
- Rhymes: -akolo
- Hyphenation: o‧stà‧co‧lo
Etymology 1
From Latin obstāculum.
Noun
ostacolo m (plural ostacoli)
- obstacle (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress)
- Synonyms: difficoltà, intoppo
- (sports) hurdle (an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race)
- (sports, in the plural) hurdles (a sport where athletes or animals run along a track obstructed by regularly placed hurdles that must be leapt over)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
ostacolo
- first-person singular present indicative of ostacolare
Further reading
- ostacolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana