impedir

Borrowed from Latin impedīre.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [im.pəˈði]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [im.peˈðiɾ]

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impedir (first-person singular present impedeixo, first-person singular preterite impedí, past participle impedit)

1. to impede, block, get in the way

Learned borrowing from Latin impedīre.

• IPA^(key): [impeˈðiɾ]

impedir (first-person singular present impido, third-person singular present impide, first-person singular preterite impedín, past participle impedido)
impedir (first-person singular present impido or impeço, first-person singular preterite impedim or impedi, past participle impedido, reintegrationist norm)

1. to prevent
2. to impede, stop
3. to hinder, block

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ympedir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “impedir”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “impedir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “impedir”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “impedir”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “impedir”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “impedir”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Derived from English impede, Italian impedire, Portuguese impedir and Spanish impedir, all from Latin impediō.

• IPA^(key): /im.peˈdir/

impedir

1. (transitive) to impede, hinder

• Alexander Gode (1951), Interlingua-English: A Dictionary of the International Language, New York: Storm Publishers, →OL

Borrowed from Latin impedīre. Cf. the related empecer.

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impedir (first-person singular present impeço, first-person singular preterite impedi, past participle impedido)

1. to prevent
2. to impede, stop
3. to hinder, block

• “impedir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Borrowed from Latin impedīre. Cf. the related empecer.

• IPA^(key): /impeˈdiɾ/ [ĩm.peˈð̞iɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: im‧pe‧dir

impedir (first-person singular present impido, first-person singular preterite impedí, past participle impedido)

1. to impede, hinder

   Synonym: estorbar

• “impedir”, 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