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obstaculate

UK/əbˈstækjʊˌleɪ̯t/US/əbˈstækjəˌleɪ̯t/

obstaculate verb: to act as an obstacle to; to impede, obstruct.

Verb

obstaculate (third-person singular simple present obstaculates, present participle obstaculating, simple past and past participle obstaculated)

  1. (rare, transitive) To act as an obstacle to; to impede, obstruct.
    • I have a mission to accomplish, and you will not obstaculate me.2019, Alex Grossi, chapter 2, in Shadows, UK: AuthorHouse, →ISBN

obstaculate meaning in Bengali

obstaculate in Bengali

বাধা দেওয়া, বিঘ্নিত করা

Forms of obstaculate

third-person singular presentobstaculates
present participleobstaculating
past participleobstaculated
pastobstaculated

Origin of obstaculate

Borrowed from Italian ostacolare, as if from a Latin *obstāculātus. Equivalent to obstacle + -ate.

Questions about obstaculate

What does obstaculate mean?
Obstaculate means to act as an obstacle to; to impede, obstruct.
What is obstaculate in Bengali?
Obstaculate in Bengali is বাধা দেওয়া, বিঘ্নিত করা. See Obstaculate meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is obstaculate?
Obstaculate is a verb.
How do you pronounce obstaculate?
Obstaculate is pronounced /əbˈstækjʊˌleɪ̯t/ (UK).
What is the past tense of obstaculate?
The past tense of obstaculate is obstaculated.

Words near obstaculate in the dictionary

  1. obstacle race
  2. obstacle races
  3. obstacle-ridden
  4. obstacles
  5. obstacular
  6. obstaculate
  7. obstaculated
  8. obstaculates
  9. obstaculating
  10. obstancies
  11. obstancy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obstaculate (page history and authors); obstaculate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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