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