obstaculizar

From obstáculo +‎ -izar.

• Hyphenation: obs‧ta‧cu‧li‧zar

obstaculizar (first-person singular present obstaculizo, first-person singular preterite obstaculizei, past participle obstaculizado)

1. to hinder, to hamper, to stymie, to get in the way, to impede, to block, to interfere with

From obstáculo +‎ -izar.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /obstakuliˈθaɾ/ [oβ̞s.t̪a.ku.liˈθaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /obstakuliˈsaɾ/ [oβ̞s.t̪a.ku.liˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: obs‧ta‧cu‧li‧zar

obstaculizar (first-person singular present obstaculizo, first-person singular preterite obstaculicé, past participle obstaculizado)

1. to hinder, to hamper, to stymie, to get in the way, to impede, to block, to interfere with

   Synonyms: impedir, estorbar

   • 2015 July 15, “La opositora Machado, inhabilitada para ejercer cargos públicos”, in El País‎:

     Ahora el régimen activa otro resorte de la institucionalidad revolucionaria para obstaculizar la participación de Machado en las próximas elecciones para la Asamblea Nacional, que se presumen decisivas para el destino del proceso bolivariano.

     Now the regime is activating another resort of the revolutionary institutionalization to impede the participation of Machado in the next elections for the National Assembly, which are presumed to be decisive for the future of the bolivian process.

• “obstaculizar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014