coibir

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to restrain, to curb, to inhibit (to control or keep in check)
  2. (transitive) to stop, to halt, to cease (to cause to discontinue)

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kojˈbi(ʁ)/
Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cohibēre (“to confine”). Compare English cohibit.

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