impedir

Significado

1. to prevent
2. to impede, stop
3. to hinder, block

Pronunciado como (IPA)

[impeˈðiɾ]

Etimoloxía

Learned borrowing from Latin impedīre, present active infinitive of impediō.

Oracións

Os gardas están nas portas , non para impedir entrar , senón para impedir saír .

The guards are at the gates, not to prevent them from entering, but to prevent them from leaving.