obstaculizar
Portuguese, verb/o.bis.ta.ku.liˈza(ʁ)/
obstaculizar is spelled O-B-S-T-A-C-U-L-I-Z-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese, the 246,082nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obstaculizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to hinder, to hamper, to stymie, to get in the way, to impede, to block, to interfere with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “impor obstáculos a”.
What does obstaculizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hinder, to hamper, to stymie, to get in the way, to impede, to block, to interfere with
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. impor obstáculos a
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of obstaculizar
- obstaculizo first-person present singular
- obstaculizei first-person preterite singular
- obstaculizado participle past
- obstaculizares infinitive second-person singular
- obstaculizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- obstaculizardes infinitive plural second-person
- obstaculizarem infinitive plural third-person
- obstaculizando gerund
- obstaculizados masculine participle past
- obstaculizada feminine participle past
- obstaculizadas feminine participle past
- obstaculizas indicative present second-person
- obstaculiza indicative present singular
- obstaculizamos first-person indicative plural
- obstaculizais indicative plural present
- obstaculizam indicative plural present
- obstaculizava first-person imperfect indicative
- obstaculizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obstaculizar?
- Brazil /o.bis.ta.ku.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [o.bis.ta.ku.liˈza(h)]
- Brazil /obs.ta.ku.liˈza(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is obstaculizar in Portuguese?
obstaculizar appears about once in every 81 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).