empecilho

Portuguese

Etymology

From the verb empecer.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈsi.ʎu/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈsi.ʎu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.peˈsi.ʎo/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.peˈsi.ʎo/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.pɨˈsi.ʎu/

Rhymes: -iʎu
Hyphenation: em‧pe‧ci‧lho

Noun

empecilho m (plural empecilhos)

obstacle; hindrance
Synonyms: obstáculo, impedimento

Further reading

“empecilho”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“empecilho”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026