Polyglot Dictionary

empecilho

/ẽpeˈsiʎu/

o noun C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os empecilhos

Meaning

  1. hindrance

    • Foi um empecilho.

      It was a hindrance.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

impedimento

Close — a hindrance relates to an impediment.

German

Handicap

Close — a hindrance relates to a handicap.

Practice

1 What does empecilho mean?

2 Fill the gap: Foi um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches empecilho?

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