See roadblock in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "sekatan jalan raya"
},
{
"alt": "どうろふうさ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dōro fūsa",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"word": "道路封鎖"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"word": "sekatan jalan raya"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "veisperring"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "vegsperring"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "vegsperring"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "blokada"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "blocaj"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "blokpóst",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "блокпо́ст"
},
{
"alt": "доро́жное",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zagraždénije",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "загражде́ние"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barrera vial"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barricada viaria"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"tags": [
"Honduras",
"masculine"
],
"word": "retén"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vägspärr"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Something that blocks or obstructs a road",
"word": "rào chắn"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "versperring"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "obstakel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tegenwerkende factor"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"word": "este"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"word": "hidaste"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Hindernis"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"word": "rintangan"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"word": "halangan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"word": "sekatan"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"word": "halangan"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prepjátstvije",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "препя́тствие"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "poméxa",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "поме́ха"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prepóna",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "препо́на"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "An obstacle or impediment",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barrera"
}
],
"word": "roadblock"
}
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"2": "road",
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"form": "roadblocks",
"tags": [
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},
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"form": "roadblocking",
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"form": "roadblocked",
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"past"
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"past"
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"glosses": [
"To prevent, hinder."
],
"links": [
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"prevent",
"prevent"
],
[
"hinder",
"hinder"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, transitive) To prevent, hinder."
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to prevent, hinder",
"word": "estää"
}
],
"word": "roadblock"
}
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