ostacolo

== Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /osˈta.ko.lo/ Rhymes: -akolo Hyphenation: o‧stà‧co‧lo === Etymology 1 === From Latin obstāculum. ==== Noun ==== ostacolo m (plural ostacoli) obstacle (something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress) Synonyms: difficoltà, intoppo (sports) hurdle (an artificial barrier, variously constructed, over which athletes or horses jump in a race) (sports, in the plural) hurdles (a sport where athletes or animals run along a track obstructed by regularly placed hurdles that must be leapt over) ===== Derived terms ===== ostacolare ostacolista === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== ostacolo first-person singular present indicative of ostacolare === Further reading === ostacolo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana