The roadblock is only temporary. It will be removed when the construction is finished.
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Roadblock
Synonyms for "roadblock" (73 found)
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54 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- حاجز noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- حَاجِز noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 路障 noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Czech
1 entries- silniční zátaras noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Dutch
4 entries- obstakel noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- tegenwerkende factor noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- versperring noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- wegblokkade noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Esperanto
2 entries- baraĵo noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- barilo noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Finnish
4 entries- este noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- este noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- hidaste noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- tiesulku noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
French
1 entries- barrage routier noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
German
4 entries- Absperrung noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- Hindernis noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- Straßensperre noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- Wegversperrung noun (An obstacle or impediment)
Hebrew
1 entries- מחסום noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Indonesian
4 entries- halangan noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- pembatas jalan noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- rintangan noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- sekatan jalan raya noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Italian
1 entries- blocco stradale noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Japanese
1 entries- 道路封鎖 noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Malay
3 entries- halangan noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- sekatan noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- sekatan jalan raya noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- vegsperring noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- veisperring noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- vegsperring noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Polish
4 entries- blokada noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- przeszkoda noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- blokować verb (to prevent, hinder)
- przeszkadzać verb (to prevent, hinder)
Romanian
1 entries- blocaj noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Russian
4 entries- блокпо́ст noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- загражде́ние noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- поме́ха noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- препо́на noun (An obstacle or impediment)
Spanish
4 entries- barrera noun (An obstacle or impediment)
- barrera vial noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- barricada viaria noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
- retén noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Swedish
1 entries- vägspärr noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Vietnamese
1 entries- rào chắn noun (Something that blocks or obstructs a road)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
There's a roadblock up ahead.
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The police set up a roadblock.
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Bruno complained to Rima about the roadblock.
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