block

Pronúncia: blɒk
    noun
  1. [of stone, wood, etc.] bloc
  2. Politics bloc.
  3. [for paving] llamborda.
  4. [of flats] bloc.
  5. [butcher's] capolador.
  6. [executioner's] piló.
  7. [of houses] illa.
  8. [of stamps] full.
  9. figurative obstrucció, tap, destorb.
  10. figurative & colloquial gamarús.
  11. blocks [toy] joc d'arquitectura.
  12. block and tackle polispast.
  13. to knock someone's block off slang trencar el cap a algú.
  14. traffic block embús.
  15. to be a chip off the old block ser fet i pastat com el seu pare.
    16. adjective
  16. [letter] majúscula.
  17. [plan] a petita escala.
    18. transitive verb
  18. embussar, obstruir, tapar.
  19. barrar.
  20. [progress] destorbar, impedir.
  21. [traffic] congestionar, fer anar malament.
  22. Parliament [bill] bloquejar.
  23. Commerce [account] bloquejar.
  24. to block in [fireplace window] tapar.
  25. (idem) [outline, drawing] omplir, acabar.
  26. to block out Photography bloquejar, tapar.
  27. (idem) [wrong word] ratllar, guixar.
  28. to block off [street, etc.] barrar el pas de, no deixar passar (la gent) a.
    29. intransitive verb
  29. embussar-se, tapar-se, obstruir-se, tancar-se.



    30. FALSOS AMICS!

    When the sink is blocked, a plunger is a very useful tool. Quan l’aigüera s’embussa, el que va més bé és un desembussador.
    My nose is always blocked when I get up in the mornings. Cada matí m’aixeco amb el nas tapat.