blocco.
block (substantial piece of any substance)
Meaning & usage
block (substantial piece of any substance)
notebook, writing pad
set, block (a group of identical objects, regarded as a whole)
bloc, coalition
blocco orientale
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French bloc, from Middle French bloc (“a considerable piece of something heavy, block”), from Old French bloc (“log, block”), from Middle Dutch blok (“treetrunk”), from Old Dutch *blok (“log”), from Proto-Germanic *blukką (“beam, log”).
blockade
embargo
block, blockage
blocco stradale
blocco dei rifornimenti
standstill, paralysis (a state in which it is impossible to progress)
blocco del traffico
blocco della produzione
freeze (of pay, etc.)
lockdown
crash
failure, arrest
blocco cardiaco
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French blocus, from Middle Dutch blochuus (“fortified house”).
first-person singular present indicative of bloccare
Where this word comes from
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