bloķēt

== Latvian == === Etymology === Via other European languages, apparently ultimately borrowed from French bloquer (“to block”), itself a borrowing from Germanic (cf. German Block, Dutch blok, English block). === Pronunciation === === Verb === bloķēt (transitive, 2nd conjugation, present bloķēju, bloķē, bloķē, past bloķēju) (military) to block (to encircle, to isolate) bloķēt pilsētu ― to block the city “Karogs” grupa atrodas salā, ko no visām pusēm bloķējis ienaidnieks ― the group “Flag” is now in an island that the enemy has blocked from all sides (politics) to block (to isolate, e.g., a country, a region, from other countries or regions) to block (to prevent the use of) bloķēt ostu, ceļu ― to block the harbor, the road vajadzēja nogriezt bandītiem atkāpšanās ceļu, bloķēt visas meža un purva takas ― it was necessary to cut off the bandits' escape route, to block all forest and swamp trails to block (to not allow to happen, to pass) bloķēt noguldījumu bankā ― to freeze (lit. block) (someone's) savings in the bank Krievija bloķē ANO rezolūciju pret Krimas referendumu ― Russia blocks the UN resolution against the Crimean referendum (physiology) to block (to make an organ, a system stop working) (sports) to block (to stop, to prevent the ball or an opponent from moving further) (construction) to build so as to combine, unite buildings, to form a block nepieciešams radīt bloķētas sabiedriskās ēkas ― it is necessary to build combined (lit. blocked) public buildings, svarīgs lauku ciematu izbūves pamatprincips ir sabiedriski administratīvo ēku bloķēšana ― an important principle of rural village construction is the combining (lit. blocking) of public administrative buildings ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== prefixed verbs: nobloķēt sabloķēt other derived terms debloķēt ==== Related terms ==== blokāde