obstrução

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin obstrūctiōnem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /obs.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [obs.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /obs.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [obs.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /o.biʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.biʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /obʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [obʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /obs.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [obs.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃], /o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [o.bis.tɾuˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔbʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɔβʃ.tɾuˈsɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: obs‧tru‧ção

Noun

obstrução f (plural obstruções)

1. obstruction, obstacle
2. occlusion
3. stonewalling

Related terms

• obstruir

Further reading

• “obstrução”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024