block
 noun
 bloque
EN It blundered against a block of granite, staggered aside, and in a moment was hidden in a black shadow beneath another pile of ruined masonry.
GL Tropezou contra un bloque de granito, botouse para un lado e, nun momento, estaba escondido nunha sombra negra baixo outra pía de cachotería ruinosa.
 Fonte: TEM (1028)
edificio
EN When they came a little nearer Martins said, "I think that's his block".
GL Cando estaban máis cerca, Martins precisou: -- Creo que é nese edificio...
Fonte: TER (1163)
tarugo
EN The boys were dragging along the banquette a small "express wagon," which they had filled with blocks and sticks.
GL Os nenos arrastraban pola verea un pequeno "vagón expreso" que encheran de tarugos e garabullos.
Fonte: ESP (1475)
obstáculo
EN Pictures of such events cannot be shown and this is a serious block to the development of women's sport.
GL As imaxes e as fotos destes encontros non poden ser difundidas, o que constitúe un serio obstáculo para o desenvolvemento do deporte feminino.
Fonte: C14 (119)
transitive verb
trancar
EN Out of their brush houses they poured -- Kino's brother Juan Tomás and his fat wife Apolonia and their four children crowded in the door and blocked the entrance, while behind them others tried to look in, and one small boy crawled among legs to have a look.
GL Xurdían das súas casopas de ramaxe. Juan Tomás, o irmán de Kino, a súa gorda muller, Apolonia, e mailos seus catro fillos, amontoáronse na porta, trancando a entrada, mentres que detrás deles, outros tentaban mirar dentro, e un cativo furaba por entre as pernas dos grandes para botar unha ollada.
Fonte: PER (105)
bloquear
EN I could see him edging his chair round to block my way out.
GL Vin que colocaba o seu asento de lado para bloquearme a saída.
Fonte: TER (277)
frear
EN Egypt, which fears any interference that might interfere with the flows of water down the Blue Nile, has succeeded in using its political clout within multilateral lending organizations like the World Bank to block Ethiopia's applications for financial assistance to exploit the river.
GL Exipto, que teme todo cambio do caudal do Nilo azul, fai vale-lo seu peso político nos organismos multilaterais de financiamento, como o Banco Mundial, para frea-las peticións de axuda de Etiopia co fin de explota-lo río.
Fonte: C04 (568)
coartar
EN In your book Weaving the Web, you talk about the danger of the Web being controlled by a select group of companies or commercial deeds blocking its growth.
GL Na súa obra Weaving the Web, alude vostede ó perigo de que a Rede chegue a ser controlada por un grupo pequeno de empresas, ou que se coarte o seu desenvolvemento por razóns comerciais.
Fonte: C08 (1202)
cortar
EN In the summer, the women and children of these families cross military checkpoints and blocked roads to fill bottles and jerrycans with water from nearby springs.
GL No verán, mulleres e nenos atravesaron as liñas militares e cortaron as estradas para encher botellas e cubos con auga dos mananciais veciños.
Fonte: C28 (308)
intransitive verb
atoarse
EN All those books needed to be laid out on the grass in the sun; there was plaster fallen in the hall; the rain-pipe had blocked over the study window and let the water in; the carpet was ruined quite.
GL Cumpría poñer todos aqueles libros ó sol; caeran anacos de escaiola no vestíbulo; o cano do beiril atoárase sobre a ventá do estudio e entrara a auga; a alfombra estaba bastante esfarrapada.
Fonte: CAR (2055)
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