obstrução
Portuguese, noun/o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/
obstrução is spelled O-B-S-T-R-U-Ç-Ã-O (9 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,037th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Obstrução is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “obstruction, obstacle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “algo que obstrui, bloqueia ou fecha o acesso a outra coisa”.
What does obstrução mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineobstruction, obstacle
- 2
feminineocclusion
- 3
femininestonewalling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. algo que obstrui, bloqueia ou fecha o acesso a outra coisa 2. o ato ou efeito de obstruir 3. tática parlamentar para adiar o prosseguimento dos trabalhos legislativos
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 obstrução
- obstruções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce obstrução?
- Brazil /o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Brazil /obs.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to obstrução
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is obstrução in Portuguese?
obstrução appears 3.7 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).