obstáculo

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin obstaculum. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -akulu Hyphenation: obs‧tá‧cu‧lo === Noun === obstáculo m (plural obstáculos) obstacle (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress) === Further reading === “obstáculo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “obstáculo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin obstāculum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /obsˈtakulo/ [oβ̞sˈt̪a.ku.lo] Rhymes: -akulo Syllabification: obs‧tá‧cu‧lo === Noun === obstáculo m (plural obstáculos) obstacle, hindrance, stumbling block, hurdle, barrier, impediment, obstruction, handicap, constraint, snag, bottleneck (something immaterial that hinders progress) obstacle (something physically hindering progress) (sports) hurdle ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “obstáculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025